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Category Archive: Technology

What to do when a process is using excessive CPU

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Your Mac has slowed to a crawl, with spinning beachballs and a juddery interface. You open Activity Monitor and read this.

June 10, 2020 Macs, Technology

New Mac troubleshooting page

For three years, I have maintained a troubleshooting article here which provides a short summary listing of the […]

June 9, 2020 Macs, Technology

Ulbow version 1.3 fixes problems getting logs in Sierra

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Stops you from inadvertently asking for non-existent Signposts in Sierra, which could stop it from getting log extracts.

June 9, 2020 Macs, Technology, Updates

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 50

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 50. Here are my solutions to them. 1: cursor […]

June 8, 2020 General, Macs, Technology

WindowServer: display compositor and input event router

This vital service composites individual windows to form what will be displayed, and routes clicks/taps to the correct app.

June 8, 2020 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: 10.16 is all about tools and maturity

Without addressing shortcomings in tools and maturity of macOS, 10.16 has flawed foundations, and is likely to fall flat.

June 7, 2020 Macs, Technology

Saturday Mac riddles 50

Here are this weekend’s riddles to entertain you through whatever you’re now allowed to do. 1: I don’t […]

June 6, 2020 General, Macs, Technology

Did your Mac crash, freeze or panic?

How to tell apart unexpected quits, WindowServer crashes, kernel panics, and more – and what to do about them.

June 6, 2020 Macs, Technology

WindowServer-GPU crash: different from a kernel panic

What is wrong when, out of the blue, the display freezes for ten seconds, then you see a black screen and are asked to log back into your account? Malware perhaps?

June 5, 2020 Macs, Technology

Safari 13.1.1 and the lost pages

Making a local HTML file your Home page can cause quite strange behaviour in Safari 13.1.1. Have you experienced this, or can you reproduce it?

June 4, 2020 Macs, Technology

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