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Category Archive: Technology

Why Passkeys are so important, and how you can use them now

What you need to use Passkeys in Monterey and Ventura, how they work, and how to set them up, as your primary access and for 2FA.

September 14, 2022 Macs, Technology

How macOS leaves users vulnerable, and unaware of their vulnerability

John clicked on the wrong email, and suspected something malicious. From there on, nothing went right. He couldn’t even check macOS protection. A salutary tale.

September 13, 2022 Macs, Technology

Apple has released Monterey and Big Sur security updates

Alongside iOS 16, Apple has just released security updates to Monterey, bringing it to version 12.6, and Big […]

September 12, 2022 Macs, Technology, Updates

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 168

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 168. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Boys […]

September 12, 2022 General, Macs, Technology

Why Ventura’s Stage Manager is so important

Stage Manager on its own is sufficient reason to want to upgrade to Ventura. Here’s why you need to try it out.

September 12, 2022 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Apple harvest is coming

Is the next Apple Event in October, for the release of Ventura, and maybe more Apple silicon Macs? What’s going to be missing from macOS 13, and what happens to Catalina now?

September 11, 2022 Macs, Technology

Saturday Mac riddles 168

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

September 10, 2022 General, Macs, Technology

How to report macOS crashes to Apple

How can you ensure that Apple is aware when something crashes in macOS? Setting this in your preferences, and making a separate Feedback report.

September 10, 2022 Macs, Technology

App first run, quarantine and translocation

There’s more to the quarantine flag, as it’s not binary on/off, and app translocation can trap even notarized applications if you don’t move them right.

September 9, 2022 Macs, Technology

What shouldn’t you see in your XProCheck results?

An interim guide to reading the results of anti-malware scans performed by macOS Catalina and later, using XProCheck.

September 8, 2022 Macs, Technology

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