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Category Archive: Technology

What to do when your Magic Trackpad 2 fails

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Although they’re normally very reliable, they do sometimes go wrong. Here’s how to get your trackpad working properly again.

October 11, 2016 Macs, Technology

Apple burns your boats: the vanishing of OS X

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Mavericks, Yosemite, El Capitan, and Sierra have been free, until the release of the next major version, when they become priceless for some users.

October 10, 2016 General, Macs, Technology

Last Week on my Mac: The strangeness of Time Machine, and App Store conflict

Should Time Machine back up on demand, or every hour? Sierra doesn’t seem sure. And how Apple needs to think of users more in the App Store.

October 9, 2016 General, Macs, Technology

(When) should you upgrade to macOS Sierra?

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The dust is settling: should you install Sierra, wait a bit longer, or not at all?

October 8, 2016 Macs, Technology

OverSight: watching out for those watching you

Some malware is downright sinister, even though the damage it does may not be particularly serious. For OS […]

October 7, 2016 Macs, Technology

Porting from WordPress to Storyspace, 3: alt stories and references

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Time to add a second narrative thread based on an ‘authority’, and link it in with the main spine.

October 7, 2016 General, Macs, Painting, Technology

Has someone been reading your emails?

Seven years ago, I compared rising surveillance to the vile practices of the Stasi. Now it is happening: email, webcam, and more private communications are being scanned in bulk.

October 6, 2016 General, Macs, Technology

A Bluetooth storm on the Magic Trackpad 2

A Trackpad which disconnects and reconnects incessantly is diagnosed using a log capture.

October 5, 2016 Macs, Technology

Bugs in the logs: Sierra’s new logs are far from perfect

If you can’t use Console, use the log command in Terminal – except that has some major bugs which will hide log entries from you.

October 4, 2016 Macs, Technology

FlexiTime Machine: how Sierra changes backups

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Backups are no longer made every hour, but their frequency depends on the likely amount needing to be backed up. A hidden if not secret feature.

October 3, 2016 Macs, Technology

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