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Category Archive: Technology

Last Week on My Mac: The big upgrade

With its 2 TB Fusion Drive well over half full, upgrading my iMac from Sierra to Mojave could so easily have been a nightmare.

October 14, 2018 Macs, Technology

Don’t believe System Information’s Legacy Software

Mojave’s new feature to show ‘Legacy Software’ is far from complete, and thoroughly misleading.

October 13, 2018 Macs, Technology

Mojave glitches in SystHist and T2M2

If you’ve upgraded to Mojave, there are a couple of odd things you may have noticed in SystHist and T2M2. Help is at hand.

October 13, 2018 Macs, Technology

Time Machine backups of APFS volumes

When Time Machine backs up an APFS volume, it works quite differently from the way it did on HFS+. Explored here using log entries from Mojave.

October 13, 2018 Macs, Technology

Mojave may make Macs molasses

Some Macs start running the Mojave upgrade like it’s molasses or treacle: starting an app takes a minute or more, and other function grind to a halt. Here’s why, and what you should do.

October 12, 2018 Macs, Technology

How to use the unified log to see what’s going wrong

It’s actually even easier to browse the unified log and discover what is going wrong with a reproducible problem. Here’s how.

October 12, 2018 Macs, Technology

Beyond mere appearance: Dark Mode, the semantics of colour, and text without print

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We’re still writing most text in black on a white background on displays with wide colour and high-resolution. Why not use colour for additional meaning?

October 11, 2018 General, Language, Macs, Technology

Watching Mojave’s privacy protection at work

TCC observed loading overrides during startup, and two typical sequences responding to access requests. Useful tips for fixing problems.

October 10, 2018 Macs, Technology

Comment back to normal

I have returned controls over the posting of comments to normal: you are again very welcome to post […]

October 9, 2018 General, Language, Life, Macs, Painting, Technology, xattr

Dark Mode bugs in Mojave

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Displaying thumbnails and previews with white text on white background is a good party-trick, but quickly gets tedious.

October 9, 2018 Macs, Technology

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