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Category Archive: Technology

Do Thunderbolt hubs impair performance?

Do fast Thunderbolt SSDs slow down when connected via a Thunderbolt hub? How fast are they when reading at the same time? Does connecting a display affect them?

January 26, 2023 Macs, Technology

Curious bugs in Help Viewer and Stage Manager

Not only do Help windows work differently on Intel and Apple silicon Macs, but on the latter they can bring Stage Manager to a grinding halt.

January 25, 2023 Macs, Technology

Is it more secure to be a normal or admin user?

While you may feel more comfortable working with the more limited privileges of a normal rather than admin user, does that improve security?

January 24, 2023 Macs, Technology

What has changed in macOS Ventura 13.2?

The update to macOS Ventura 13.2 isn’t large, but brings two significant new features: Advanced Data Protection for […]

January 23, 2023 Macs, Technology

Apple has released updates to Ventura 13.2, Monterey 12.6.3 and Big Sur 11.7.3

Apple has just released updates to bring macOS 13 Ventura to version 13.2 (build 22D49), and security updates […]

January 23, 2023 Macs, Technology, Updates

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 187

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 187. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Leaves […]

January 23, 2023 General, Macs, Technology

Scheduled activities: 1 Scheduling by DAS

How macOS schedules tasks like making automatic Time Machine backups, from property list to transactions between DAS and CTS.

January 23, 2023 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: The evolution of Apple silicon

The M2 Pro and Max gain an extra two Efficiency cores, compared to their M1 equivalents. What effect will that have on their performance, and what of the M2 Ultra?

January 22, 2023 Macs, Technology

Saturday Mac riddles 187

Here are this weekend’s riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: Leaves from the […]

January 21, 2023 General, Macs, Technology

How macOS schedules background activities

The story of how Mac OS X went from cron, to launchd, and ended up with Duet Activity Scheduler, to schedule background activities like backups.

January 21, 2023 Macs, Technology

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