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Category Archive: Technology

Apple has pushed an update to XProtect

Apple has just pushed an update to the data files used by XProtect, bringing its version number to […]

March 3, 2022 Macs, Technology, Updates

Securing your data in iCloud

Exactly how does iCloud protect data in Contacts, files stored in iCloud Drive, those saved by 3rd party apps, and your email?

March 3, 2022 Macs, Technology

How Apple should help Ukraine by fulfilling its promises

In November 2020, macOS was found to have a hole in protecting users’ privacy, which Apple promised to fix within a year. Although it has made changes, are they protective enough?

March 2, 2022 General, Macs, Technology

Making sense of M1 memory use

How can you tell how much memory is being used by the GPU when both CPU and GPU use Unified Memory? Does it matter anyway?

March 1, 2022 Macs, Technology

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 140

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 140. Here are my solutions to them. 1: This […]

February 28, 2022 General, Macs, Technology

Does removing I/O throttling make backups faster?

Can you get Time Machine to back up faster by turning I/O throttling off? If so, it this something to do only for large backups, or can it be set as the default? Does it also affect other background processes?

February 28, 2022 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: CPU %

Current CPU % given in Activity Monitor can be misleading and has limited value for M1 models. Here’s how to improve it.

February 27, 2022 Macs, Technology

Saturday Mac riddles 140

Here are this weekend’s riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: This multilingual stone […]

February 26, 2022 General, Macs, Technology

Explainer: Cloud storage

There ain’t no such thing as a free lunch: cloud storage is a valuable adjunct, not a substitute for local backups.

February 26, 2022 Macs, Technology

Command tools – alisma, blowhole, cintch, cmpxat and unorml – updated

Updates replace an expiring developer ID installer certificate. All are Universal binaries, fully signed and notarized.

February 25, 2022 Macs, Technology

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