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Category Archive: Technology

What is System Data in Storage Settings?

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The bar chart in Storage Settings shows most of your startup volume is full of System Data. What does it mean, and what use is it? Is its measure of used and free space accurate?

February 11, 2025 Macs, Technology

Apple has released macOS Sequoia 15.3.1, and 14.7.4, 13.7.4

Apple has just released a security update to macOS Sequoia to bring it to version 15.3.1, and security […]

February 10, 2025 Macs, Technology, Updates

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 294

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 294. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Cool […]

February 10, 2025 General, Macs, Technology

Watch your background: In-app background tasks

Easy to code, these don’t need to use XPC although it’s used by the DAS-CTS scheduling and dispatch system. They aren’t run at constant time intervals, but when appropriate according to other loads.

February 10, 2025 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: A brief history of what we take for granted

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Achieving reliable colour reproduction with computers drew from several fields from neurophysiology to physics. Could it have been accomplished by anything other than humans?

February 9, 2025 Macs, Technology

Saturday Mac riddles 294

Here are this weekend’s Mac riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: Cool colour […]

February 8, 2025 General, Macs, Technology

A brief history of ColorSync

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First released in 1993 to support colour printing, version 2.0 in 1995 brought fuller features and ICC support. Still going strong despite the decline of colour printing.

February 8, 2025 Macs, Technology

Add custom file and folder icons in Sequoia

Adding your own custom icons to files and folders goes back a long way, to Classic Mac OS […]

February 7, 2025 Macs, Technology

Start planning your Mac’s Spring clean

Spring will soon be upon us, and it’s time to plan our Spring software housekeeping to clear out the junk that has accumulated over the winter. How to go about it.

February 6, 2025 Macs, Technology

Apple has released an update to XProtect for all macOS

Apple has just released an update to XProtect for all supported versions of macOS, bringing it to version […]

February 5, 2025 Macs, Technology, Updates

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