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Turn a sparse bundle into a TARDIS: an odd bug in Sequoia

How to fit over 90 GB of files into a sparse bundle that’s only 13.8 MB in size, just like Doctor Who’s TARDIS. No APFS sparse files are involved.

October 18, 2024 Macs, Technology

Sequoia VMs can cause kernel panics

If you are beta-testing macOS 15 Sequoia in a lightweight virtual machine on an Apple silicon Mac, beware […]

July 17, 2024 Macs, Technology

Catch-22: Why SilentKnight 2.8 and Skint 1.06 can’t auto-update

Auto-update in SilentKnight 2.7 and 2.8, and in Skint 1.05 and 10.6, is broken. This is because of not one but two Catch-22s.

June 5, 2024 Macs, Technology, Updates

App Store apps can be translocated

It has often been assumed that App Store apps don’t undergo app translocation. That isn’t true: here’s an example of one that gets stuck in eternal translocation because it comes with an unwanted gift.

May 27, 2024 Macs, Technology

How Help windows get lost on Intel Macs

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Help has been in steady decline since macOS 10.13. More recently, when you open a Help book on an Intel Mac it may get buried, but it doesn’t on M-series Macs. Why?

May 22, 2024 Macs, Technology

macOS Sonoma 14.5 is the best release this cycle

Although some are still experiencing the issue of new FileVault security keys, Sonoma 14.5 looks the best release yet, and fixes some troublesome bugs.

May 20, 2024 Macs, Technology

What has changed in macOS Sonoma 14.5?

A relatively small update, with two new private frameworks named Cosmo and Tabi!

May 13, 2024 Macs, Technology

How accurate are the Finder’s folder and volume sizes?

If the Finder’s Get Info dialog may report inaccurate total file size, does that mean the folder sizes are also incorrect? And does this affect volumes too?

May 8, 2024 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: One week, three bugs

Documentation changed to match the bug, seldom-used features that no longer work, and malware protection that devoured parts of Xcode.

May 5, 2024 Macs, Technology

Did XProtect Remediator 132 damage your Xcode?

Do you use a simulator runtime in Xcode? If so, did the recent (30 April) update to XProtect […]

May 3, 2024 Macs, Technology

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