Are you intending to upgrade to Tahoe on Monday? Or to Sequoia or Sonoma? Are you ready to cope with what could go wrong? Here are some tips to help you prepare.
Category Archive: Technology
Apple has just released its weekly update to XProtect for all supported versions of macOS, bringing it to […]
Why is tar so slow to create a tar.gzip archive on a fast Apple silicon Mac? Is it being run at low QoS on the E cores? An explanation.
Three XProtects, and one of them installed in two different locations. How they’re updated, and how you can ensure your Mac keeps up to date with them.
I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 324. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Last […]
At the top level of every volume use for normal file storage is a hidden folder containing its version database. Here are details of how it works, and how to solve its problems and get the best from it. Even if you don’t want to use versions.
If Visual Look Up is so easy and low-power for Apple silicon Macs, maybe Tahoe’s new Foundation Models will prove more challenging, and wake up the neural engine.
Here are this weekend’s Mac riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: Last edit […]
From Illustrator in 1987, Mac-only until 1989, through Photoshop in 1990, Mac-only until 1992, to InDesign, Dreamweaver and the dreaded Flash.
How does your Mac know what permissions to set on newly created folders and files? It uses a umask. This explains what that is, how to work it out, and how to change it.
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