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Last Week on my Mac: Crippling Rich Text with Dark Mode

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Mojave’s handling of Rich Text in Dark Mode is now broken in several places, including the new version of TextEdit, in QuickLook, and Pages.

December 9, 2018 Macs, Technology

What has happened to the App Store in 10.14.2?

Has Apple changed App Store behaviour in 10.14.2? Does it now leave updates in the cloud, or is it just broken?

December 7, 2018 Macs, Technology

What has changed in the Mojave 10.14.2 update?

Not as large as the previous update to Mojave, it still replaces a lot of apps but Apple documents almost no changes. Here’s a summary of the detail.

December 7, 2018 Macs, Technology

Apple has pushed an update to Gatekeeper’s data

Apple has just pushed an update to the data used by Gatekeeper, bringing its version number to 157, […]

December 5, 2018 Macs, Technology

Apple has released Mojave 10.14.2, security updates for High Sierra and Sierra, and a Gatekeeper update

Apple has just pushed an update to Gatekeeper’s security data, bringing it to version 157, macOS Mojave 10.14.2 […]

December 5, 2018 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Where will all those coders go?

Swift Playgrounds are attracting a lot of young people to learn to code. But what do they do when they’re ready to write ‘proper’ apps? Where are Apple’s guides and example code?

December 2, 2018 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Migration is like blisters

Migration is pain: you can spread it out over days or weeks, or get it over with in a much shorter period. Moving your Time Machine backups also requires great care.

November 25, 2018 Macs, Technology

Mojave’s App Store is disconcerting (and how to do dates in software)

Just when did the App Store install that update? A quick look at how to get date calculation wrong, and why you should only put Marzipan on a cake that’s been properly baked.

November 24, 2018 Macs, Technology

Can you upgrade or repair a Mac with a T2 chip?

Apple’s latest Macs have T2 chips and SSDs which are not user-replaceable. Isn’t buying one courting with disaster?

November 23, 2018 Macs, Technology

It’s not about the speed, not entirely: Mac mini, iMac Pro, iPad Pro and benchmarks

Is the new Mac mini the best-performing for its cost? Does the new iPad Pro rival better desktop systems in benchmarks? Let’s look at those figures more carefully.

November 22, 2018 Macs, Technology

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