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Category Archive: Technology

Did that Mac just restart itself? About kernel panics

What they are, how they’ve changed, how to work out what went wrong, and how to deal with them. No Mac should ever experience a single panic.

November 27, 2019 Macs, Technology

What’s in a macOS installer app? An exploration with ArchiChect

How to check whether a macOS Installer app still has a valid signature, and where to find its hidden Installer packages.

November 26, 2019 Macs, Technology

How to check quarantine, 64-bit, signature, and notarization for almost anything

Checking signatures, notarization, and 64-bit code on different items like apps, command tools, and Installer packages just got much simpler.

November 26, 2019 Macs, Technology

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 22

Did you get all three this week? Solutions explained, including a strange episode in the history of the Western calendar.

November 25, 2019 General, Macs, Technology

Consolation 3.5 tells you how many log entries, and more

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Recommended for all users, this adds a count of log entries and lines, runs an initial check to see whether you’re logged in as an admin user, and more.

November 25, 2019 Macs, Technology, Updates

Last Week on My Mac: ‘private’

Over a period of one minute 1636 of a total of 8638 log entries were censored with the mark ‘private’. Why can’t we disable this censorship?

November 24, 2019 Macs, Technology

There’s no smoke without painting 1

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The Sack of Troy, Turner, Vesuvius erupting, an unusual Manet maritime, Vallotton, Paul Nash, Monet, Luce, Signac, Stella and more going up in smoke.

November 23, 2019 General, Life, Painting, Technology

Saturday Mac riddles 22

Everyone should be able to get this week’s. Why not have a try yourself?

November 23, 2019 General, Macs, Technology

Are you ever likely to use Terminal in Catalina?

Do you know how to customise the zsh shell now standard in Catalina? Here’s an excellent book which covers it in detail – and curious choice in 10.15.

November 23, 2019 Macs, Technology

How to encrypt files and folders in APFS

What if you don’t want whole disk encryption? If your Mac doesn’t have T2, or if you’re using an external drive, encryption is still performed in software. Here’s a good solution.

November 22, 2019 Macs, Technology

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