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Category Archive: Technology

XProtect ascendant: macOS security in 2024

After setting a record of 29 updates through the year, XProtect’s Yara rules have grown from about 195 in 167 KB of text to 328 in 921 KB. Here are other details for the other XProtects, Gatekeeper and more.

December 27, 2024 Macs, Technology

A brief history of Mac batteries

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1989 Mac Portable, lead-acid. 1991 PowerBook 140 & 170, NiCad. 1992 PowerBooks with NiMH (3 types). 1995 lithium ion. 2006 MacBook Pro, lithium polymer.

December 26, 2024 Macs, Technology

How your Intel Mac can use USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 drives at full speed

Did you think your Intel Mac doesn’t support the 20 Gb/s speed of USB 3.2 Gen 2×2? It can do, with a little extra hardware support, just as it will a USB4 SSD.

December 25, 2024 Macs, Technology

Solving Finder tag problems

Finder tags should sync in iCloud Drive, and should be found when you use Spotlight search for their tag labels. Here’s what to check when there are problems.

December 24, 2024 Macs, Technology

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 287

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 287. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Comfort […]

December 23, 2024 General, Macs, Technology

Will that hub or dock slow your SSDs, or even make them faster?

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How to connect a USB4 SSD to get better performance from an Intel Mac. Should you buy a Thunderbolt 4 hub, or a Thunderbolt 5 dock? Do any of these live ‘up to’ their claimed performance?

December 23, 2024 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: School of Athens or Blinded Samson?

After months of promotion, Apple Intelligence has arrived for many. Yet at the same time important changes have been made in security, and not a word said about them. Intelligent or blind?

December 22, 2024 Macs, Technology

Saturday Mac riddles 287

Here are this weekend’s Mac riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: Comfort for […]

December 21, 2024 General, Macs, Technology

A brief history of logs and Console

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Introduced with Mac OS X, logs became a good way to diagnose a Mac’s problems, using Console. Then in 2016 it all changed, and not for the benefit of administrators or users.

December 21, 2024 Macs, Technology

How iCloud can be simpler than a server

iCloud is now used for key services including notarization checks. For XProtect updates, it should be quicker and simpler, so long as you mind the pinniped.

December 20, 2024 Macs, Technology

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