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Category Archive: Technology

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 262

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 262. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Roll […]

July 1, 2024 General, Macs, Technology

Should you try the public beta-release of Sequoia?

What you need, what the risks are, and how to ensure you don’t have problems if things go wrong. Includes coverage of VMs and more.

July 1, 2024 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Performance by design

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Swift 6 claims built-in support for writing asynchronous and parallel code. But these are very different, and that for multithreading appears elusive.

June 30, 2024 Macs, Technology

Saturday Mac riddles 262

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

June 29, 2024 General, Macs, Technology

A short history of Mac OS extensions

Extensions or INITs in Classic Mac OS required Conflict Catcher for their management. But they remain a vulnerability, and can’t be used with full boot security any more.

June 29, 2024 Macs, Technology

What do XProtect BehaviourService and Bastion rules do?

Introduced in macOS Ventura, these monitor for potentially malicious behaviours, according to 12 Bastion rules. Detections are recorded in its local database and reported to Apple as security intelligence.

June 28, 2024 Macs, Technology

Making Apple silicon faster: 3 Multitasking

How Swift supports cooperative multitasking using async/await. How to call asynchronous code from within synchronous code, and does it also multithread code in parallel?

June 27, 2024 Macs, Technology

How file systems can change in Sequoia with FSKit

Apparently Sequoia includes user space file system support, as now used for the MSDOS file system in macOS. Is it ready to use yet?

June 26, 2024 Macs, Technology

A brief history of Mac system fonts

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Chicago, Charcoal, Lucida Grande, Helvetica Neue, and San Francisco or SF Pro – a visual journey through 40 years.

June 25, 2024 Macs, Technology

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 261

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 261. Here are my solutions to them. 1: From […]

June 24, 2024 General, Macs, Technology

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