Skip to content

The Eclectic Light Company

Macs & painting – 🦉 No AI content
Main navigation
  • Downloads
  • Freeware
  • M-series Macs
  • Mac Problems
  • Mac articles
  • Macs
  • Art

Category Archive: Technology

Spring Forward: how the log copes with summer time clock change

Strange behaviour when entering times, datestamps which suddenly leap forward – some of the changes seen when the clocks go forward.

March 31, 2020 Macs, Technology

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 40

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 40. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Dark […]

March 30, 2020 General, Macs, Technology

Some Macs don’t update their firmware when they should

Have you checked whether your Mac is running the latest version of firmware? For some iMacs, that might bring an unwelcome surprise.

March 30, 2020 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: How Time Machine backups waste space

How your Mac’s security and privacy systems can cause duplicate copies of files to be written to your backups.

March 29, 2020 Macs, Technology

Saturday Mac riddles 40

Here are this weekend’s riddles to entertain you through whatever you’re allowed to do. 1: I’m not a […]

March 28, 2020 General, Macs, Technology

App Store updates get more unreliable

A couple of hours earlier the App Store had 5 updates, including Xcode. After the 10.15.4 update, all but 2 of them vanished. Why?

March 28, 2020 Macs, Technology

Apple has changed resetting permissions again

In the last few days, Apple has again changed its recommended procedure for resetting or repairing permissions on […]

March 28, 2020 Macs, Technology

Have any of your Mac’s USB-C ports stopped working in 10.15.4?

A few users are reporting that, following upgrading their Mac to Catalina 10.15.4, one or more of its […]

March 27, 2020 Macs, Technology

What changes a file’s modification date, and what doesn’t?

Do changing permissions or an extended attribute also alter a file’s modification date?

March 27, 2020 Macs, Technology

Playing Blu-ray disks on your Mac

When Steve Jobs dismissed Blu-ray as being “a bag of hurt” 12 years ago, did he condemn Macs to go without Blu-ray movies?

March 26, 2020 Macs, Technology

Posts navigation

Previous 1 … 317 318 319 320 321 … 655 Next
Blog at WordPress.com.
Footer navigation
  • Free Software Menu
  • About & Contact
  • Macs
  • Painting
  • Downloads
  • Mac problem-solving
  • Extended attributes (xattrs)
  • Painting topics
  • SilentKnight, Skint, SystHist, silnite, LockRattler & Scrub
  • DelightEd & Podofyllin
  • xattred, SpotTest, Providable, Spotcord, Metamer & xattr tools
  • 32-bitCheck & ArchiChect
  • XProCheck, T2M2, LogUI, Ulbow, blowhole and log utilities
  • Cirrus & Bailiff
  • Precize, Alifix, UTIutility, Sparsity, alisma, Taccy, Signet
  • Versatility & Revisionist
  • Text Utilities: Textovert, Disclipper, Nalaprop, Dystextia and others
  • PDF
  • Keychains & Permissions
  • Updates
  • Spundle, Cormorant, Stibium, DropSum, Dintch, Fintch and cintch
  • Long Reads
  • Mac Troubleshooting Summary
  • M-series Macs
  • Mints: a multifunction utility
  • VisualLookUpTest
  • Virtualisation on Apple silicon
  • System Updates
  • Saturday Mac Riddles
  • Last Week on My Mac
  • sysctl information
Secondary navigation
  • Search

Begin typing your search above and press return to search. Press Esc to cancel.

  • Subscribe Subscribed
    • The Eclectic Light Company
    • Join 8,956 other subscribers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • The Eclectic Light Company
    • Subscribe Subscribed
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar
 

Loading Comments...