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Category Archive: Technology

Catch-22: Why SilentKnight 2.8 and Skint 1.06 can’t auto-update

Auto-update in SilentKnight 2.7 and 2.8, and in Skint 1.05 and 10.6, is broken. This is because of not one but two Catch-22s.

June 5, 2024 Macs, Technology, Updates

Time Machine backing up different file systems

Classic TM backed up HFS+ to HFS+; current TM backs up APFS to APFS. But what if you want to back up a mixture of APFS and HFS+ volumes?

June 4, 2024 Macs, Technology

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 258

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 258. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Sneak […]

June 3, 2024 General, Macs, Technology

Why you shouldn’t try cloning your Apple silicon Mac’s startup disk

For 18 years, cloning a boot disk was popular and effective. It was even used as a way of defragmenting free space in housekeeping. Why doesn’t it work with Apple’s new Macs?

June 3, 2024 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Looking back from the future

Two watersheds that could occur in macOS 15: that it only supports Macs with Apple chips including an Arm processor, and that it opens access to older versions of macOS on Apple silicon.

June 2, 2024 Macs, Technology

Saturday Mac riddles 258

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

June 1, 2024 General, Macs, Technology

PDF on Macs: the rise and fall of Preview

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PDF was introduced by Adobe in 1993, when its viewer Acrobat became popular, and PDFs were created from PostScript using Distiller. Then came Preview from NeXT to Mac OS X.

June 1, 2024 Macs, Technology

Skint version 1.06 has a Dock menu command and is ready for macOS 15

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Adds a Dock menu command to run its checks without having to bring the app to the front, and should be compatible with macOS 15.

May 31, 2024 Macs, Technology, Updates

SilentKnight version 2.8 improves checks and is ready for macOS 15

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Extends checks on XProtect Remediator scans to cover the previous 36 hours, and is ready for use with macOS 15 when it arrives.

May 30, 2024 Macs, Technology, Updates

Apple’s New Year is coming: macOS 15, 14, 13 and 12

When Apple opens WWDC on 10 June, it will release the first beta of macOS 15 to developers. By September, support for Monterey will be withdrawn. Now is the time to start planning your upgrades.

May 29, 2024 Macs, Technology

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