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Category Archive: Technology

High Sierra: Should you reformat your startup disk now?

More decisions about how to prepare to install the release version of High Sierra. Would it help to reformat your boot disk?

September 18, 2017 Macs, Technology

WordPress.com -> Twitter sharing has broken (updated)

Overnight, since 16 September 2017, the Sharing feature in WordPress.com blogs appears to have become broken. Previously, tweets […]

September 17, 2017 General, Life, Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Deciding about High Sierra

You have one iMac with a Fusion Drive, and an old MacBook Air with an SSD. Which do you upgrade to run High Sierra? Is there a good solution?

September 17, 2017 Macs, Technology

High Sierra: How to make a bootable installer (updated)

If you want to format your startup volume before upgrading, or install High Sierra on multiple Macs, it is best to use a bootable installer. Here’s how.

September 16, 2017 Macs, Technology

Apple has pushed another Gatekeeper update

Apple has recently pushed another security update, once again to Gatekeeper’s configuration data, bringing it to version 128. […]

September 15, 2017 Macs, Technology

High Sierra: APFS “not supported” on Fusion Drives

Apple warns users not to try running High Sierra from a Fusion Drive formatted in APFS, and advises beta testers how to switch back to the old file system.

September 15, 2017 Macs, Technology

Firmware, the SMC, and NVRAM: reset and maintain

How to update your firmware, reset the SMC, and reset the NVRAM (or zap the PRAM), and what they do. Updated for High Sierra.

September 15, 2017 Macs, Technology

Developing a lightweight extended attribute editor, xattred: version 0.3a1

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This tool now has an overhauled interface, making it much easier to use. Currently the only way of viewing and editing xattrs without using the command line.

September 14, 2017 Macs, Technology

High Sierra, Sierra’s dispatching bug, and iTunes 12.7

The latest version of iTunes is a blow to those with several iOS devices, as it no longer lets you sync new apps and updates to them. Apple’s solution, though, could bring even worse problems.

September 14, 2017 Macs, Technology

Adobe has updated Flash Player

Adobe has released an update to bring its Flash Player to version 27.0.0.130. This update fixes a bug […]

September 14, 2017 Macs, Technology

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