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Category Archive: Technology

A Tinderbox Scrapbook for Source Code: exporting in WordPress markdown

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How to create a scrapbook for Swift code snippets, which can be copied into Xcode, and exported for Wordpress publication.

June 6, 2017 General, Macs, Technology

Exploring Sierra 10.12.5 sleep and wake in the log 1

Waypoints to help you navigate through Sierra’s log entries when putting a Mac to sleep, and when waking up from sleep.

June 5, 2017 Macs, Technology

Apple has pushed out a silent update to Gatekeeper data

Over the weekend, Apple has pushed out another update to macOS / OS X Gatekeeper’s configuration data, bringing […]

June 4, 2017 Macs, Technology

Next Week on My Mac: All the fun of WWDC

Its annual developer conference will reveal how Apple’s new file system will roll out in macOS 10.13, and determine its adoption and success.

June 4, 2017 Macs, Technology

Exploring Sierra 10.12.5 startup in the log 2 Dispatch

Looking in detail at the background and scheduled activities which are loaded during startup. These supersede the previous launchd mechanism, and include routine maintenance.

June 3, 2017 Macs, Technology

The Time Machine Mechanic, T2M2, version 0.7b1

Two minor improvements to make its use even easier. Now a final release candidate?

June 2, 2017 Macs, Technology

Exploring Sierra 10.12.5 startup in the log 1

Waypoints in the log entries encountered during a normal startup of Sierra 10.12.5. Some key messages have changed.

June 2, 2017 Macs, Technology

Consolation 2.2b3 is now available, to improve handling of defaults

Some subtle improvements which make it much easier to use when working with saved logarchives. A final release candidate?

June 2, 2017 Macs, Technology

Consolation 2.2b2 can capture, open and analyse logarchives

This makes it much easier to perform repeated analysis and search on logs captured to cover important events, such as crashes and problems.

June 1, 2017 Macs, Technology

An Incomplete List of Sierra’s Dispatched Services

Time Machine backups are but one of 70-80 background services which are run by macOS dispatching systems. Here’s a list of some of the others.

May 31, 2017 Macs, Technology

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