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Category Archive: Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Tahoe the iconoclast

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App icons in Tahoe are forced into squares with rounded corners and aren’t allowed to deviate, but add rendering modes for the user. Finding good solutions that remain distinctive isn’t easy.

June 22, 2025 Macs, Technology

Saturday Mac riddles 313

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

June 21, 2025 General, Macs, Technology

A brief history of hardware epidemics

Capacitors that overheated, leaked, or even caught fire. Lead-free solder that couldn’t survive being heated and cooled repeatedly. Butterfly keyboards that didn’t work.

June 21, 2025 Macs, Technology

Boot disk structure in macOS, iOS and iPadOS, and AI cryptexes

There are substantial differences in the structure of the internal disks in macOS, iPadOS and iOS, as shown here. And there are at least 24 cryptexes now used to support AI.

June 20, 2025 Macs, Technology

The future of SilentKnight, and updates to XProCheck and LogUI

With macOS support for Intel Macs coming to an end with Tahoe, it’s time to reconsider the role of SilentKnight in the future. Plus two more updates.

June 19, 2025 Macs, Technology, Updates

Updates for SilentKnight, Mints and SystHist

Although primarily for compatibility with Tahoe, these include a general refresh and are recommended for all versions of macOS from Big Sur onwards.

June 18, 2025 Macs, Technology, Updates

Apple has released an update to XProtect for all macOS

Apple has just released an update to XProtect for all supported versions of macOS, bringing it to version […]

June 17, 2025 Macs, Technology, Updates

When and how should you run First Aid in Disk Utility?

Should you run First Aid on your Data volume before updating macOS, or as routine housekeeping? And how should you run it?

June 17, 2025 Macs, Technology

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 312

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 312. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Border […]

June 16, 2025 General, Macs, Technology

Spotlight search can be blocked by extended attributes

How a long-deprecated extended attribute can stop files such as images from being found in Spotlight search, and how to fix it.

June 16, 2025 Macs, Technology

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