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Category Archive: Technology

Saturday Mac riddles 180

Here are this weekend’s riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: Brisk marching pace […]

December 3, 2022 General, Macs, Technology

Finder can’t create an alias inside a package or bundle

The Finder is happy to create aliases to most files and folders, provided they aren’t immediately inside a bundle or package. Then it gets all fussy. But why?

December 3, 2022 Macs, Technology

Tracking swap space: is it wearing out your SSD?

In extreme cases, excessive use of swap space on an internal SSD could lead to its premature death, and the end of life for that Mac. How could you assess that?

December 2, 2022 Macs, Technology

Disk performance of lightweight macOS VMs on Apple silicon

Writing to the Data volume in a VM is dismally slow. Is using shared storage any quicker? What happens when you copy a VM to an external SSD, or to another Mac?

December 1, 2022 Macs, Technology

An A to Z of keys and keyboards: Startup and login

On Intel Macs, key combinations determine startup modes and more, but they have no effect on Apple silicon Macs. And how to deal with keyboard problems when logging in.

November 30, 2022 Macs, Technology

How much Unified memory does your Apple silicon Mac need?

With Unified memory, don’t you simply add the main and graphics memory sizes from your Intel Mac to determine how much your Apple silicon Mac needs?

November 29, 2022 Macs, Technology

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 179

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 179. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Co-ordinate […]

November 28, 2022 General, Macs, Technology

Can you game core allocation on Apple silicon?

Some threads are set to run in the background, and get allocated to the E cores. Could you run them in a VM, and effectively promote them to run on P cores instead?

November 28, 2022 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: I told you so!

Nearly 6 months ago, many thought the M2 Pro and Max would come in Macs in the autumn of this year. So why hasn’t Apple released them yet?

November 27, 2022 Macs, Technology

Saturday Mac riddles 179

Here are this weekend’s riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: Co-ordinate hues to […]

November 26, 2022 General, Macs, Technology

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