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Category Archive: Technology

ArchiChect can now identify Catalyst apps

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Recommended for all users, as it also fixes a bug displaying the busy spinner, and improves detailed and text output.

December 10, 2019 Macs, Technology, Updates

Stick a fork in it, and other flashbacks

Classic resource forks passed into Mac OS X, but were deprecated by Apple in 10.8. Now in Catalina they can stop working: is this a new security measure?

December 10, 2019 Macs, Technology

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 24

How many did you solve this week?

December 9, 2019 General, Macs, Technology

Can you still use AFP sharing?

Can you still share files using the AFP protocol, or must you contend with SMB and its bugs? And what about shared storage for Time Machine backups?

December 9, 2019 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: The arithmetic of backing up

In the market for replacement backup storage? It’s a gamble, and you probably won’t know whether you made the right choice for the next year or more.

December 8, 2019 Macs, Technology

Saturday Mac riddles 24

Three easy riddles this week, with the solutions posted here on Monday morning.

December 7, 2019 General, Macs, Technology

Apple invents a new procedure to fix MacBook Pro 13-inch 2019 models

Apple recommends an unusual procedure to fix this, which might also work with other models suffering sudden shutdowns.

December 7, 2019 Macs, Technology

Are you having weird problems with Catalina?

Are you worried about strange and serious problems occurring when you upgrade to Catalina? Here are strategies to prevent and deal with them.

December 6, 2019 Macs, Technology

Time Machine: 3 Analysing automatic backups

Looking at failure of automatic backups, cancelled backups, and errors occurring when backing up, using T2M2, from Sierra to Catalina.

December 5, 2019 Macs, Technology

Time Machine: 2 What it writes in the log

Detailed log excerpts showing normal backups in 10.12 to 10.15, with some of the more common errors encountered.

December 4, 2019 Macs, Technology

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