Distinguish between panics, freezes, app crashes, and unresponsive apps, as they have different causes, are investigated differently, and have different solutions.
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When something has gone wrong, if you don’t know what to look for in the log, nor when it happened, the log is hostile. It also leaves important entries without the user being aware of them. Here are ideas of how those could be improved.
Here are this weekend’s Mac riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: Iron, copper, […]
This takes just a few seconds, and can fix problems that otherwise would require a restart. All depends on which processes need to be restarted.
It makes a big difference whether an app, file or folder is in the System or Data volume, or maybe somewhere else. Here’s how to tell accurately, rather than according to one of the Finder’s illusions.
Apple has just released an update to XProtect, bringing it to version 5326. As usual, it doesn’t release […]
Apps supplied through the App Store aren’t signed by their developer, but by Apple. Many now have certificates that have expired. When will they stop running?
In a quest to reduce the number of processes running in macOS Tahoe, consider the example of Time Machine backups, which can easily be replaced by 3rd party alternatives.
A developer signed an installer package in April 2017 and it’s still valid, but Apple signed a Catalina installer app in December 2019 and its certificate has now expired. This article explains why.
I hope you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 343. Here are my solutions to them. 1: In between […]
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