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Has Apple broken Content Caching server updates again?

Have your Macs all installed last week’s security data updates to XProtect? If they get them through your Content Caching server, they might not have.

August 23, 2022 Macs, Technology

Recent security updates: how unusual?

Panic-ridden reports have spread to general and even local news media about last week’s security updates. Are they that unusual, special, or alarming?

August 20, 2022 Macs, Technology

Why won’t that sparse bundle compact?

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If you try compacting a sparse bundle, Spundle and hdiutil could return error 1. This explains why, and fixes Spundle to get over it.

August 17, 2022 Macs, Technology, Updates

Has Apple fixed recent Software Update problems?

Apple appears to have fixed recent problems installing XProtect and other security updates for some users at least. What if you’re still suffering problems?

August 6, 2022 Macs, Technology

How Rich Text can vanish in QuickLook

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You preview a major Rich Text document, which QuickLook shows as completely empty. Has something terrible happened, or is it just a four year-old bug?

August 3, 2022 Macs, Technology

Serious bugs remaining in Monterey: a working list

What are the penalties in staying with Monterey, if you choose not to upgrade to Ventura, or your Mac isn’t supported? Please report serious bugs we should know about.

July 22, 2022 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Updates and open loops

When a downloaded update fails to install, that failure isn’t reported back to either local Content Caching server or Apple’s software update servers. Reliable feedback is important.

July 10, 2022 Macs, Technology

Colour Notes 11: Alas ColorSync Utility!

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What could be a valuable collections of tools for working with colour has been sadly neglected, and left to grow weeds and bugs.

June 28, 2022 Macs, Painting, Technology

Why Monterey’s Finder Find memory leak may not be fixed

Will Monterey 12.5 fix the memory leak in the Find feature in the Finder? That looks increasingly unlikely, and may influence your decision as to whether to upgrade.

May 30, 2022 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Will Disk Utility ever work properly?

Apple could have chosen to make APFS open source or to document it fully, to help third parties develop maintenance tools. It chose not to, but Disk Utility still doesn’t work as it should.

May 22, 2022 Macs, Technology

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