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Category Archive: Technology

Get better performance from network storage

Does your NAS need faster storage or a faster network? If you were to improve those, would throttling limit the performance of backups?

December 30, 2024 Macs, Technology

Last Year on My Mac: miniest mini and more

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.

December 29, 2024 Macs, Technology

Saturday Mac riddles 288

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

December 28, 2024 General, Macs, Technology

Prepare your Mac for service or repair

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.

December 28, 2024 Macs, 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

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