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How Game Mode manages CPU and GPU

How does Game Mode give highest priority access to CPU and GPU? An investigation of the involvement of P and E cores, and the GPU brings some surprises.

October 18, 2023 Macs, Technology

Reading visual art: 80 Horse with wings

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Pegasus, and the confusion over whether Perseus ever rode him, a hippogriff from Orlando Furioso, and a black winged horse ridden by a valkyrie.

October 17, 2023 General, Life, Painting

What does Game Mode do?

Apple claims it gives a game highest priority CPU and GPU access, and reduces Bluetooth input and audio latencies too. Does it, though?

October 17, 2023 Macs, Technology

Commemorating the 500th anniversary of Luca Signorelli’s death

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Often overlooked, a Tuscan master of the Renaissance, whose large frescos in the cathedral of Orvieto show the events of the Apocalypse and Last Judgement.

October 16, 2023 General, Life, Painting

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 225

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 225. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Stacks […]

October 16, 2023 General, Macs, Technology

Sonoma’s changes to iCloud may stop Time Machine backups completing

Sonoma’s changes to iCloud can result in very large and protracted syncs, that can block Time Machine backups from completing. Here’s what you can try, and what you shouldn’t do.

October 16, 2023 Macs, Technology

Judith and Holofernes: 2 Target or trophy

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Paintings by Giorgione, Lucas Cranach the Elder, Elisabetta Sirani, Goya, Horace Vernet, Jules Lefebvre, Klimt, Kolo Moser, and Franz von Stuck.

October 15, 2023 General, Life, Painting

Last Week on My Mac: Is APFS running into trouble?

Two problems undermine Disk Utility’s First Aid: it persisting bug in failing to unmount volumes to check and repair, and its default omission of containers. And errors in APFS seem to be on the rise.

October 15, 2023 Macs, Technology

Judith and Holofernes: 1 Murder

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Paintings by Caravaggio, Artemisia Gentileschi, Veronese, Lavinia Fontana, and Bigot all showing the murder.

October 14, 2023 General, Life, Painting

Saturday Mac riddles 225

Here are this weekend’s riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: Stacks inspired by […]

October 14, 2023 General, Macs, Technology

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