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Explainer: Metal

Metal provides low-level access to 3D graphics, rendering and compute features in GPUs. With the deprecation of OpenGL and OpenCL, it’s vital, especially for M1 Macs/

January 15, 2022 Macs, Technology

Inside iCloud+ Private Relay: can it be trusted?

Apple’s Private Relay service isn’t a full VPN, but is designed to ensure that no one knows both your IP address and the sites you connect to. Is it a good choice?

January 10, 2022 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: shrinking macOS updates

The macOS 12.1 update is the smallest x.1 update since High Sierra 10.13.1 in October 2017, over four years ago. How come it has bucked the trend in Big Sur?

December 19, 2021 Macs, Technology

Apple has pushed an update to XProtect

Apple has just pushed an update to the data files used by XProtect, bringing its version number to […]

December 16, 2021 Macs, Technology, Updates

Apple has released Safari 15.2 for Big Sur and Catalina

If you’re still running Big Sur or Catalina and have been puzzled as to why their recent security […]

December 15, 2021 Macs, Technology, Updates

What has changed in Monterey 12.1?

macOS Monterey 12.1 at last brings some more of the new features promised last June. These include: SharePlay, […]

December 14, 2021 Macs, Technology

Apple has released Monterey 12.1 update, and security updates for Big Sur and Catalina

Apple has released the updates to macOS Monterey 12.1, and Big Sur 11.6.2, with the next Catalina Security […]

December 13, 2021 Macs, Technology, Updates

Last Week on My Mac: A Christmas Core Carol

Apple’s first quad-core chip, the A10 launched 5 years ago, had 2 P and 2 E cores, but could only run one type of core at a time. We’ve come a long way since then.

December 5, 2021 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Are malware defences changing again?

The last time Apple paused updates to XProtect and MRT, it changed the way certificate revocations were checked, and introduced notarization.

November 28, 2021 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: It’s the tiddly bits

A major new version of macOS bringing few big changes, but lots of opportunity for improvements and fixes.

November 14, 2021 Macs, Technology

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