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Category Archive: Technology

Saturday Mac riddles 13

Three riddles to tease your mind. Solutions will be posted here on Monday morning.

September 21, 2019 General, Macs, Technology

What’s that file then? How to identify unknown file types

You’re checking through old files. How can you tell which file type they are when you don’t recognise the extension, or they don’t even have that to help?

September 21, 2019 Macs, Technology

The problem with APFS snapshots

Very few apps are able to make APFS snapshots – Time Machine, Carbon Copy Cloner, and SuperDuper! Why aren’t they more accessible?

September 20, 2019 Macs, Technology

Volume recovery using an APFS snapshot

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A good way of restoring a volume which has been damaged is from a previous snapshot. How easy is it in practice, though?

September 19, 2019 Macs, Technology

Mojave 10.14.6 can still panic MacBook Pro 15-inch 2018 and 2019 models

Some MacBook Pro users may still suffer sporadic kernel panics because of firmware bugs in any release of […]

September 18, 2019 Macs, Technology

Changing security makes privacy protection confusing

Apple’s recent change in requirements for notarization also affects privacy protection in both Mojave and Catalina.

September 18, 2019 Macs, Technology

Capturing the moment in your log: how to identify a problem

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Using only free tools, it isn’t difficult to get a log excerpt which will tell you, or someone else, exactly what occurred at the time.

September 17, 2019 Macs, Technology

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 12

How did you do this weekend? Suggested solutions and explanations for the riddles from last Saturday.

September 16, 2019 General, Macs, Technology

Is a VM a good answer for running 32-bit apps in Catalina?

One solution to running 32-bit apps in Catalina is a VM. Here I assess the performance of Parallels Desktop 15. Is it up to the job?

September 16, 2019 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Informed Security

We see plenty of dialogs seeking consent and informing us about privacy protection. But macOS security seems driven by obscurity and secrecy. Why?

September 15, 2019 Macs, Technology

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