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Category Archive: Technology

SilentKnight now checks Studio Display firmware

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An essential update for anyone with an Apple Studio Display, as it now checks their firmware and tells you when it’s out of date, even on multiple displays.

April 5, 2022 Macs, Technology, Updates

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 145

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 145. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Not […]

April 4, 2022 General, Macs, Technology

Digging deeper into Trial using Mints

Mints gains a new tool to examine the activities of triald and trial in the Unified log. Here’s a quick survey of what happens in a quiet day.

April 4, 2022 Macs, Technology, Updates

Last Week on My Mac: Trial ethics

We’ve recently discovered a macOS service for ‘trials’ which runs ‘experiments’. Why hasn’t Apple told us, and explained its implications for our privacy?

April 3, 2022 Macs, Technology

Saturday Mac riddles 145

Here are this weekend’s riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: Not a quick […]

April 2, 2022 General, Macs, Technology

Explainer: The ‘bricked’ Mac

Should you be scared of ‘bricking’ your Mac? Just what does it mean, and what could you do about it? Don’t panic: it’s not a dragon to be slayed.

April 2, 2022 Macs, Technology

A brief history of APFS in honour of its fifth birthday

Born secretly on 27 March 2017, it was Apple’s biggest gamble. Introduced in High Sierra, it didn’t work on Fusion Drives and had other problems. Also explains version numbering.

April 1, 2022 Macs, Technology

What has changed in Monterey 12.3.1?

The update to bring Monterey to version 12.3.1 is very small, and close to the minimum update size. […]

March 31, 2022 Macs, Technology

Apple has released Monterey 12.3.1 update

Apple has just released the update to macOS Monterey 12.3.1. It claims to address two issues: for Mac […]

March 31, 2022 Macs, Technology

What is triald and why is it taking so much disk space?

Is a process named triald stealing lots of CPU? Or maybe ~/Library/Trial is huge, or filling your backups? Maybe it’s all just one of Apple’s Experiments.

March 31, 2022 Macs, Technology

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