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Category Archive: Technology

Errors in the night and snapshot problems

What does your Mac get up to when you’re away from it? Mine was busy writing hundreds of thousands of entries in the log because of a couple of snapshots.

February 5, 2020 Macs, Technology

Introducing the graphic log browser: Ulbow 1.1b1

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A log browser with charts? How frequency charts of log entries, separated by subsystem, can make your log even more accessible.

February 4, 2020 Macs, Technology

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 32

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 32. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Calculator […]

February 3, 2020 General, Macs, Technology

Hardening and notarization finally arrive in Catalina

One of the last of Catalina’s promised features, hardening and notarization become fully mandatory for all new apps from today.

February 3, 2020 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Is Catalina a good upgrade yet?

Although 10.15.3 fixes a serious bug in Mail and Catalina is steadily maturing, there are many users who still shouldn’t upgrade.

February 2, 2020 Macs, Technology

Saturday Mac riddles 32

Here are this weekend’s riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: I’m 36 this […]

February 1, 2020 General, Macs, Technology

Pervasive effects of the Catalina 10.15.3 update

Catches and issues with the 10.15.3 update – and good news on two important bugs which it fixed.

February 1, 2020 Macs, Technology

What’s this new AppleInternal folder then?

When restoring a Catalina system from Time Machine backups, this ‘new’ folder may appear. What should you do with it?

January 31, 2020 Macs, Technology

Quarantine, SIP, and MACL: macOS per-file security controls

The behaviour of quarantine flags, SIP flags, and the mysterious new com.apple.macl attribute, which never ceases to puzzle.

January 30, 2020 Macs, Technology

File system funnies: how to put two TextEdits side by side

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What has happened in the Applications folder: two apps with an identical name? Isn’t it protected by SIP anyway?

January 29, 2020 Macs, Technology

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