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Category Archive: Technology

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 126

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 126. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Select […]

November 22, 2021 General, Macs, Technology

More memory leaks in Monterey 12.0.1: how to avoid them

Is Monterey burning your memory away? Here are two reproducible memory leaks which could explain that, plus two more than might.

November 22, 2021 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Snapshot hostages

How to repair a snapshot with an error when it’s one of your backups on a hard disk? Currently this seems impossible, putting all those backups at risk.

November 21, 2021 Macs, Technology

Saturday Mac riddles 126

Here are this weekend’s riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: Select Khoekhoe for […]

November 20, 2021 General, Macs, Technology

Explainer: defragmentation

Not long ago, many of us paid for software which tied our Macs up for hours every month or so, defragmenting their hard disks. Why, and why not now?

November 20, 2021 Macs, Technology

Disk Utility still can’t check and repair APFS volumes and containers

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Don’t waste time trying to discover which files are still open when you want to check or repair an APFS disk and Disk Utility throws an error. Here’s the solution.

November 19, 2021 Macs, Technology

How should you check an APFS backup store?

When your backups are stored on hard disks, even though they may use APFS, it’s important to check they’re sound. How to do better than Disk Utility.

November 18, 2021 Macs, Technology

How can you compare the performance of M1 chips? 1 Geekbench

Geekbench 5 scores for the M1 Pro are around 2800 single- and 12500 multi-core. Do they represent maximum performance, though?

November 17, 2021 Macs, Technology

Why won’t that Help book open?

In Big Sur and Monterey, if you’ve not opened an app’s Help book, the first time you do it may appear empty, or simply not work. Here’s why and how to fix it.

November 16, 2021 Macs, Technology

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 125

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 125. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Flow […]

November 15, 2021 General, Macs, Technology

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