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Apple has released Catalina 10.15.5 update, and security updates for Mojave and High Sierra

Apple has just released macOS Catalina 10.15.5 update and Security Updates 2020-003 for Mojave and High Sierra. These […]

May 26, 2020 Macs, Technology, Updates

How to make Time Machine backups to an APFS disk

Time Machine can’t make backups to a disk formatted in APFS. Oh yes it can – and here’s how you can do it too.

May 26, 2020 Macs, Technology

How to reveal ‘private’ messages in the log

Fed up with all those censored entries in the log? Here’s a simple way to turn privacy protection off and log uncensored again.

May 25, 2020 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Nobbled and hobbled by notarization

Who’s been ghost notarizing other people’s apps, and is Catalina wasting time to check whether shell scripts are notarized?

May 24, 2020 Uncategorized

How come someone notarized my app?

When you open a four year-old app and discover that someone notarized it in August last year. What’s behind that surprise?

May 22, 2020 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: The tragic case of audiobooks

A hitchhiker’s guide to the mess that is the audiobook section in Apple’s Books app. Time to launch a Vogon Constructor Fleet?

May 17, 2020 General, Life, Macs, Technology

Audiobooks in the Books app

Can you add your own audiobooks to the Books app? It seems a simple question, but the answer is elusive and guarded.

May 13, 2020 Macs, Technology

How to check the integrity of files in a Time Machine backup

How to check whether the files in a Time Machine backup are intact and uncorrupted. Only what do you do with the results?

May 9, 2020 Macs, Technology

What happens when you double-click a document? Processes, problems and solutions

An explanation of the magic which takes place when you double-click a document, the things that can go wrong, and how to fix them.

May 4, 2020 Macs, Technology

Using Finder Item Groups

Have you tried arranging items in the Finder using Groups? Detailed insights into what this does, and how it works with apps.

April 29, 2020 Macs, Technology

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