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Category Archive: Technology

To fly (un)like a bird with JSON and a drone

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Time to take to the air with a Parrot ANAFI drone. Early experiences, sample video and images. Why use a flight simulator when you can fly (un)like a bird?

March 20, 2021 General, Life, Macs, Technology

Window controls in Big Sur

Do you know what Shift-dragging the edge of a windows does to it? Or Option-double-clicking an edge? Here’s a summary of the window controls you may have missed.

March 19, 2021 Macs, Technology

Apple has pushed updates to XProtect and MRT

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

March 18, 2021 Macs, Technology, Updates

Time Machine to APFS: How processes have changed

Analysis of the phases of backing up to APFS shows the many similarities with that to HFS+. Crucial differences arise from the use of snapshots as backups.

March 18, 2021 Macs, Technology

Time Machine to APFS: Backing up

A blow-by-blow account of what happens when Time Machine in Big Sur performs an automated backup to an APFS volume.

March 17, 2021 Macs, Technology

How to slip ‘unsigned’ apps past Gatekeeper in Big Sur

If you use the Installer app the wrong way, it will open an ad-hoc signed package and quietly install apps which don’t get checked by Gatekeeper.

March 16, 2021 Macs, Technology

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 90

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 90. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Move […]

March 15, 2021 General, Macs, Technology

Can you trust Numbers with numbers?

Numbers has a lightweight interface and is easy to use. But does it handle numbers as accurately as Excel, or maths environments like Matlab?

March 15, 2021 General, Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Next phase of the Apple Silicon transition

The DTKs have been returned, ending the first phase of the transition to Apple Silicon. What comes next, and what are the top three problems which Apple needs to address?

March 14, 2021 Macs, Technology

Saturday Mac riddles 90

Here are this weekend’s riddles to entertain you through whatever you’re now allowed to do. 1: Move through […]

March 13, 2021 General, Macs, Technology

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