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A brief history of Mac ports – low speed

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ADB, which could fry your Mac’s motherboard iif you weren’t careful, USB that opened up a new world of different cables and adaptors, and wireless with Bluetooth.

November 16, 2024 Macs, Technology

How macOS keeps an eye on UPS and wireless devices

Using a combination of iohid and BatteryCenter, macOS checks attached UPS and wireless keyboards, mice and trackpads ever 2-5 seconds.

June 21, 2024 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: magic updates

The keyboard firmware update that flew in under the radar, and one of many fixes in Sonoma 14.2 tackle different Bluetooth vulnerabilities. How do they affect you?

January 14, 2024 Macs, Technology

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

Connecting to the Internet via a phone 21 years ago

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Follow along as we connect to the Internet 21 years ago in Mac OS X 10.2, using a Bluetooth dongle and a mobile phone, at 28.8 Kbps.

April 29, 2023 General, Macs, Technology

Gaining control over the log with a new version of Ulbow

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A new Frequency view shows total log entries from different subsystems, helping you mute those that are clogging up your log.

February 7, 2023 Macs, Technology, Updates

Fixes and flaws in Ventura 13.0

Good news of bugs fixed, including 77 security bugs. Bad news of those carried over from Monterey, and some newly added in Ventura 13.0.

November 4, 2022 Macs, Technology

What has changed in macOS Monterey 12.3?

By any measure, Monterey’s 12.3 update is very substantial, introducing major new features like Universal Control and Spatial […]

March 14, 2022 Macs, Technology

Diagnosing Bluetooth problems in Monterey

The first tool you need to tackle Bluetooth problems shows the quality of connections. That’s a problem in Monterey at the moment. Here’s why.

February 3, 2022 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: There’s still a hole in my bucket, Monterey’s memory leak

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We can expect Universal Control in macOS 12.3, but when will Apple get round to fixing the severe memory leak in the Finder’s Find feature?

January 30, 2022 Macs, Technology

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