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Category Archive: Technology

LockRattler 3.5: new version should run on Sierra, and High Sierra

Check security system updates and more – now on El Capitan, Sierra, or High Sierra.

September 20, 2017 Macs, Technology

News feeds for this blog: getting less eclectic

URLs for all the news feeds available for this site – and a model for all WordPress.com blogs.

September 19, 2017 General, Language, Life, Macs, Painting, Technology

Self-starting Macs, startup chimes, and other secrets of NVRAM

How to control whether your 2016 MacBook Pro sounds a startup-chime or start up when you open its case, why you can’t unmute a 2017 iMac, and how High Sierra changes your NVRAM.

September 19, 2017 Macs, Technology

Beyond Scripting in Swift: When xattrs are not like files

NSDocument is based on the data stored in the data fork of a file. Could it be modified to work with xattrs instead? And dipping my toes into NSTableView.

September 18, 2017 Macs, Technology, xattr

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

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