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Category Archive: Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Compression models

Why data compression is everyday, and how its performance problems can generalise into tasks of similar structure.

December 15, 2024 Macs, Technology

Saturday Mac riddles 286

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

December 14, 2024 General, Macs, Technology

A brief history of Activity Monitor

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Originally Process Viewer and CPU Monitor, in 2003 they merged and became Activity Monitor, similar to the current version. Also borrowed for Xcode Instruments.

December 14, 2024 Macs, Technology

Has Apple stopped updating EFI firmware?

Did you spot the change that didn’t take place as expected in the 15.2 update this week? It marks the end of the Intel era for Macs.

December 13, 2024 Macs, Technology

Tune for Performance: Do you really need a big internal SSD?

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Why pay an extra $600 for a 2 TB internal SSD, after all fast external SSDs are cheaper. Maybe you need to check whether disk performance becomes a rate-limiting factor.

December 12, 2024 Macs, Technology

What has changed in macOS Sequoia 15.2?

The macOS 15.2 update includes the second phase of AI support for Apple silicon Macs, introducing the Image […]

December 11, 2024 Macs, Technology, Updates

Apple has released macOS Sequoia 15.2, and security updates to 14.7.2 and 13.7.2

As eagerly anticipated, Apple has released the update to macOS 15.2 Sequoia, together with security updates to bring […]

December 11, 2024 Macs, Technology, Updates

Tune for Performance: Activity Monitor’s CPU view

The CPU view in Activity Monitor is the starting point for tuning the performance of software. Here are its virtues, and a few vices to beware of when using it.

December 11, 2024 Macs, Technology

Tune for Performance: do more threads run faster?

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Discovering whether using more threads makes a task faster gives insight into where its performance is limited. How to use a VM to investigate this.

December 10, 2024 Macs, Technology

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 285

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 285. Here are my solutions to them. 1: This […]

December 9, 2024 General, Macs, Technology

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