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Category Archive: Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Hardware legacies

Content Caching server originated in 2005, as a feature in Mac OS X Server, which sold Xserves. Time Machine came in 2007, to support Time Capsules. Those legacies are so different, though.

June 20, 2021 Macs, Technology

Saturday Mac riddles 104

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

June 19, 2021 General, Macs, Technology

Explainer: version and build numbers

Where to see them, how they’re constructed, Apple’s rules, how they are created, and how even Apple doesn’t use them according to its own rules.

June 19, 2021 Macs, Technology

Is there still something amiss in the M1 firmware?

Erase your M1’s internal storage in Recovery, reinstall macOS and you could see an error in which it failed ‘to personalize the software update’. That’s not easy to fix, as explained here.

June 18, 2021 Macs, Technology

Tango for Two Macs: cached system and App Store updates

Details of how the Content Caching server handles a cache macOS security data update, and both client and server handle an App Store update.

June 17, 2021 Macs, Technology

Code in ARM Assembly: Registers explained

Types of register explained, and which are available to pass arguments of different types. Call by value and call by reference distinguished.

June 16, 2021 Macs, Technology

Inside the Content Caching server: performance and troubleshooting

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Using Activity Monitor and command tools to assess performance of a content caching server, and diagnosing problems from the log.

June 15, 2021 Macs, Technology

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 103

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 103. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Close […]

June 14, 2021 General, Macs, Technology

Are macOS updates easier than ever?

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Big Sur updates have far exceeded those of Mojave or Catalina, and are set to total well over 40 GB. Prospects for security updates are no better, with a high carbon footprint.

June 14, 2021 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: The elephant at WWDC

Every developer should watch the 5 videos about DocC from WWDC. But it’s really a plaintive cry for help. Until Apple squares up and addresses the problem, it can only grow worse.

June 13, 2021 Macs, Technology

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