The Motorola 68000 CPU had no floating point instructions, so Apple introduced SANE, then went on to the PowerPC Velocity Engine, and its Accelerate framework, and more.
Category Archive: Technology
Scans used to take just a few minutes, but even on a fast M4 Pro now usually take more than half an hour. What is XProtect Remediator up to?
Frameworks provide much of the macOS API. Over the last 5 years, the percentage of Private Frameworks has risen from 76% to 84%. Why is macOS becoming more private?
How the number of bundles in /System/Library has risen from Mojave to Sequoia, and why the last 5 years have been so different from the previous 20.
Sequoia boot volume layout, M4 CPU core management, SIP and csrutil, backup storage, Graphing Calculator and more.
I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 288. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Rubberised […]
Does your NAS need faster storage or a faster network? If you were to improve those, would throttling limit the performance of backups?
From the start of the fourth cycle in M4 Macs and the smallest ever, through the omission in macOS VMs, and QuickLook shortcomings, to the stealth firmware update.
Here are this weekend’s Mac riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: Rubberised cloth […]
You may have been asked to provide your Mac’s password in the past, but service procedures have changed, and it’s now the exact opposite.
The Eclectic Light Company 