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Category Archive: Technology

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 14

How did you get on with this week’s riddles?

September 30, 2019 General, Macs, Technology

Should you trust Disk Utility’s First Aid or fsck?

Third party tools for checking and repairing APFS are still very limited. Is it better to use fsck to check and repair APFS?

September 30, 2019 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Hollywood’s lessons

What should we learn from the “mysterious data corruption issue” which struck down Mac Pros used in editing studios?

September 29, 2019 Macs, Technology

Saturday Mac riddles 14

Three riddles about Macs and computing to tease your mind over the weekend. Solutions published on Monday.

September 28, 2019 General, Macs, Technology

News travels faster than thought

Communication by telegraph and telephone leave no time for reflection or consultation and demand an immediate and often hasty decision (1917).

September 28, 2019 General, Life, Macs, Technology

Which Recovery Mode?

Don’t just hold Command-R and hope that you’ll install the right version of macOS. Here’s structured decision-making to save you time.

September 27, 2019 Macs, Technology

Apple has released macOS 10.14.6 Supplemental Update 2, and Security Updates 2019-005 – updated

Apple has just released macOS 10.14.6 Supplemental Update 2 (which is in fact the third Supplemental Update to […]

September 26, 2019 Macs, Technology

What doesn’t Time Machine back up?

There are problems with backups of Photos Libraries and evicted items in iCloud Drive. Here are full details.

September 26, 2019 Macs, Technology

APPlayMIDI: a free 64-bit MIDI player

Are you missing QuickTime Player’s old ability to play MIDI files? Look no further – here’s a free replacement.

September 25, 2019 Macs, Technology

Is single-user mode (SUM) dead?

Single-user mode to run fsck to check and repair your boot disk became tricky with Fusion Drives. With a T2 chip, it’s not practical in its traditional form.

September 25, 2019 Macs, Technology

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