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Category Archive: Technology

Time Machine: 1 How it works, or fails to

New series looking at how TM works, what its problems are, what tools to use to diagnose those, and how to fix it.

December 3, 2019 Macs, Technology

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 23

How did you get on this week with the three riddles?

December 2, 2019 General, Macs, Technology

T2M2 version 1.9 checks privileges and tells more in Catalina

Recommended for all users, particularly those running TM in Catalina, where it analyses strategies used to determine what to back up.

December 2, 2019 Macs, Technology, Updates

Last Week on My Mac: Help revised

The Mac is now in a documentation crisis. Documentation debt is leaving many Mac users floundering around in the dark.

December 1, 2019 Macs, Technology

Saturday Mac riddles 23

Here are this weekend’s riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: You never want […]

November 30, 2019 General, Macs, Technology

Was that a crash, freeze, panic, or spinning beachball?

Knowing the difference helps you work out what to do in response, and how to work out what went wrong.

November 30, 2019 Macs, Technology

What happens when you run an app in Catalina?

T T Read More

From launch, through security checks, TCC and privacy, RunningBoard, to memory management and the Main Event Loop. A comprehensive summary.

November 29, 2019 Macs, Technology

All aboard for Catalyst: how macOS runs iPadOS apps

iPadOS apps are written to use UIKit and features such as scenes. How can Catalyst get these to work in macOS, then?

November 28, 2019 Macs, 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

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