Originally alert boxes, these have brought us information, warnings and errors in different formats. Although they should be rare, macOS has used them increasingly, sometimes uninformatively.
Category Archive: Technology
Classic XProtect, XProtect Remediator, and XProtect behavioural with Bastion rules – a rundown on developments over the last year and where they’re going next.
It turns out that ‘nanosecond’ times introduced in LogUI are largely artefact. Is higher resolution timing really needed, and how can it be obtained?
How to ensure your Mac’s clock and time is as accurate as possible, what can cause problems, and how it works using the timed daemon, as revealed in the log.
Apple has just released an update to XProtect for all supported versions of macOS, bringing it to version […]
Although Macs can resolve time to nanoseconds, this isn’t apparent from tests writing log entries very rapidly. This explains what is probably happening.
I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 308. Here are my solutions to them. 1: One […]
Although there are important differences between Intel and Apple silicon Macs, both can resolve time to nanoseconds. So can this new version of LogUI.
Will macOS 16 support Intel Macs? All T2 models, or just a few of them? What about the 5 year rule? It’s all down to demand and cost benefit, and maybe convincing those who have been sitting on the fence.
Here are this weekend’s Mac riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: One of […]
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