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Tahoe b3 and Xcode 26 b3 can screw app icons

Want to build in Xcode 26 b3 on macOS 26 b3? You may have problems with Icon Composer icons, which may not work on previous versions of macOS. Here’s a workaround.

July 10, 2025 Macs, Technology

Spotlight search can be blocked by extended attributes

How a long-deprecated extended attribute can stop files such as images from being found in Spotlight search, and how to fix it.

June 16, 2025 Macs, Technology

The perils of virtualisation on M4 Macs

In a VM hosted on an M4, upgrading 14.7.5 to 15.4.1 took an 8.7 GB download and worked. From 15.1 to 15.4.1 took over 15 GB and failed with a kernel panic.

April 21, 2025 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Sequoia Spring

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One of the largest updates to macOS, with the most ever vulnerabilities fixed, Sequoia 15.4 also brings a lot of new components, particularly Private Frameworks.

April 6, 2025 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Increasingly insecure in Sequoia

XProtect’s updates are now less timely and reliable than they were in previous versions of macOS, leaving some Macs not updated for over 48 hours after release of a new version.

March 9, 2025 Macs, Technology

Friday Magic: How to make disk space unpurgeable

When it started up after its macOS update, available space on its internal SSD had shot from about 160 GB to nearly 400 GB. Where had all my files gone?

February 28, 2025 Macs, Technology

What has changed in macOS Sequoia 15.3?

The macOS 15.3 update introduces Genmoji creation in Messages and other apps on Apple silicon Macs, and improves […]

January 27, 2025 Macs, Technology, Updates

What has changed in macOS Sequoia 15.2?

The macOS 15.2 update includes the second phase of AI support for Apple silicon Macs, introducing the Image […]

December 11, 2024 Macs, Technology, Updates

The Finder column width bug is over 11 years old

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I first recall being caught by it in Mavericks 11 years ago. It has even changed the way I use Finder windows. It survived Covid and Apple silicon, and lives on in macOS Sequoia.

December 6, 2024 Macs, Technology

M4 Macs can’t virtualise older macOS

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A bug, most probably in the early part of kernel boot in guest macOS, prevents M4 Macs virtualising macOS prior to 13.4.

November 14, 2024 Macs, Technology

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