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Getting more from document versions in macOS

Why documents can lose their old versions when moving them around, and what you can do to preserve them.

August 17, 2020 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Apple leak

The combination of a new kernel built just 10 days earlier with a set of new graphics drivers sufficed to bring many Macs to their knees.

August 16, 2020 Macs, Technology

Which version is that command tool?

Discovering what has been updated in a macOS update isn’t easy. In the case of command tools, it’s just impossible.

August 15, 2020 Macs, Technology

The life cycle of a kernel panic

Catalina 10.15.6 update included a bonus: a large memory leak which led to kernel panics. This is the story of its patching.

August 14, 2020 Macs, Technology

What has changed in the macOS 10.15.6 Supplemental Update?

macOS Catalina 10.15.6 Supplemental Update is promised to address two problems: some Macs running Virtual Machines under VMWare […]

August 13, 2020 Macs, Technology

Apple has released macOS Catalina 10.15.6 Supplemental Update

As expected, Apple has just released macOS Catalina 10.15.6 Supplemental Update, which it claims fixes the memory leak […]

August 12, 2020 Macs, Technology, Updates

Reading a Panic Log in Catalina

Your Mac starts up after kernel panic, and shows mystifying details about that panic. Here’s how to get the most out of that information.

August 11, 2020 Macs, Technology

Understanding ‘crashes’ and kernel panics

What’s the difference between a crash and a panic? How can you tell what’s likely to have caused a panic?

August 10, 2020 Macs, Technology

Catalina 10.15.6 is prone to kernel panics from a memory leak

There have been recent reports that the macOS Catalina 10.15.6 update can result in kernel panics. This appears […]

August 6, 2020 Macs, Technology

How should you clean re-install Catalina?

Older versions of Catalina can fail to erase the System and Data volumes, but 10.15.6 should be able to, making clean re-installation simpler.

August 3, 2020 Macs, Technology

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