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What to do when the App Store doesn’t work properly

What do you do when a macOS update downloads, but then doesn’t install? Should you trust the app?

July 21, 2017 Macs, Technology

Mac malware gets more professional: DOK.C fakes the App Store

You are most unlikely to come across this new variant of OSX/Dok, but it has some very worrying new features.

July 13, 2017 Macs, Technology

Fetch a translator: Apple says it has ‘fixed’ the App Store app

Sierra 10.12.5 claims that the App Store app has been enhanced. That’s not what I have seen.

May 18, 2017 Macs, Technology

How secure is your VPN?

VPN is important protection when you use public-access WiFi, and many now rely on it to protect them from government snooping. Do you trust it?

January 30, 2017 Macs, Technology

Last Week on my Mac: Setapp and software rental

A new method of buying software should have been welcome, had it not been for its use of an old and restrictive rental system.

January 29, 2017 Macs, Technology

All About This Mac: where to find that UUID, MAC address, etc.

How can you tell whether your Mac supports Continuity, whether you bought an app from the App Store, and diagnose extension problems?

January 26, 2017 Macs, Technology

The App Store 2.2 is still quite broken

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The App Store had been behaving itself, until it showed that it couldn’t count up to three accurately.

December 22, 2016 Macs, Technology

Sierra’s limping camel: the App Store, as dysfunctional as ever

If there’s one update that we need, it is an App Store app which works reliably. The current one suffers from general dystopia.

December 2, 2016 Macs, Technology

App Store chaos + Power Coma + Time Machine blackout = Friday

When it rains, it always pours catfish. And most of the falling fish came courtesy of the App Store.

October 29, 2016 Macs, Technology

Apple burns your boats: the vanishing of OS X

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Mavericks, Yosemite, El Capitan, and Sierra have been free, until the release of the next major version, when they become priceless for some users.

October 10, 2016 General, Macs, Technology

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