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Category Archive: Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Brilliant but

The odd behaviour of some apps, which quit on their own, but hang around as zombies, and the long battle trying to make sense of logs.

November 12, 2017 Macs, Technology

Another step forward in browsing the log with Woodpile 0.8a1

Rising to the challenge of the unified log: how to work around lack of information, and a surfeit of information. More function and power.

November 11, 2017 Macs, Technology

Who’s in control of your Mac? Notifications

Are you getting over-notified? Who’s in charge – you the user, or macOS? Getting control of notifications, both local and remote.

November 10, 2017 Macs, Technology

What is ‘macOS Installer Notification’, and why did I get it?

How did that new folder and bundle appear in the main Library folder on my Mac? And what does it do?

November 9, 2017 Macs, Technology

Customising it all: global defaults in macOS Sierra and High Sierra

Where to find hidden global default settings, and how to change them without paying for a utility like MacPilot.

November 9, 2017 Macs, Technology

Apple is nudging us to upgrade to flagging High Sierra

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We’re being nudged to upgrade, now by a silent pushed update which is set to remind us every week until we do.

November 9, 2017 Macs, Technology

See when your Mac starts or wakes up, using Woodpile

New options find and show startup and wake events, and can perform log load analysis on the last 20 days or so of log entries. A unique tool.

November 8, 2017 Macs, Technology

How to prevent zombies

This week, I have been attacked by zombies – half-dead apps which appear to have quit automatically, but […]

November 8, 2017 Macs, Technology

Have you just been told that Flash Player has been disabled?

If your Mac has recently told you that Adobe Flash Player has been disabled, or if you have […]

November 7, 2017 Macs, Technology

Apple has just pushed security updates to MRT and XProtect

Apple has just pushed updates to its MRT and XProtect security tools for High Sierra, Sierra, and El […]

November 7, 2017 Macs, Technology

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