A/UX was released for the Mac II in 1988, then in 1993 Apple changed course with a series of servers, before Mac OS X Server in 1999 and its first Xserves in 2002.
Category Archive: Technology
I first recall being caught by it in Mavericks 11 years ago. It has even changed the way I use Finder windows. It survived Covid and Apple silicon, and lives on in macOS Sequoia.
A first attempt to describe how macOS decides for a thread which type of core, which cluster, which core, what frequency, and how mobile it should be.
TB5 promises twice the data transfer rate of TB3, and three times that when supporting external displays. How close is it to achieving those?
It’s time to review old kernel extensions, and uninstall those no longer needed. Here’s how to do that, using uninstallers or manually.
I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 284. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Unsolicited […]
How macOS controls CPU P core cluster frequency according to the cluster total active residency, in synthetic in-core tests, compression and when running virtual machines.
We were sat with the Weather app reviewing prospects for the weekend ahead, when we were warned of a significant threat to life or property requiring us to take action immediately.
Here are this weekend’s Mac riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: Unsolicited crypto, […]
A problem from the first 128K Mac, virtual memory was available from 1987 but only with A/UX. It wasn’t really sorted out until Mac OS X, and now it’s all Unified anyway.
The Eclectic Light Company 