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Disk, drive, HD: does it really make any difference?

The fine line between precision and obscurity examined in the Finder, against Apple’s Style Guide, and its accuracy. And what does HD stand for?

February 29, 2020 Language, Macs, Technology

Finder still thinks this Mac’s got a hard disk, and won’t set Preview Options

Three Finder bugs in 10.15.3, from the plain silly to infuriating. Every Mac still has a hard disk, Preview Options that don’t work, and a very old fiend.

February 27, 2020 Macs, Technology

Locating a problem in the log using Ulbow 1.1b3

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Now feature-complete, this version has powerful tools to help you locate significant events to the second and better.

February 26, 2020 Macs, Technology, Updates

Beyond Time Machine: 1 Deciding what you need

Changing to an SSD RAID system forced me to rethink what I needed to back up and when, rather than just leaving to Time Machine.

February 25, 2020 Macs, Technology

Scrub version 1.1 shouldn’t crash on Catalina

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Fixes a bug which could cause the app to crash when starting to run an audit.

February 24, 2020 Macs, Technology, Updates

What does the Move To command do in Pages, Numbers & Keynote?

When should you use the Move To menu command in any of Apple’s iWork apps? What advantages does it bring over the Finder?

February 22, 2020 Macs, Technology

Checking backup transfer rates using T2M2 version 1.13

Now collects log entries reporting progress and rates of transfer during a backup, and giving info on what is slowing them down.

February 19, 2020 Macs, Technology

Repairing permissions in your Home folder has changed

Apple has changed its instructions for resetting/repairing permissions on your Home folder, and important cure for many problems.

February 18, 2020 Macs, Technology

Time Machine 14: Diagnosing and working around slow backups

How can you tell what causing a backup to run so slowly? If it is this bug, what can you do about it? A plain user’s guide.

February 17, 2020 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Duff disk or normal behaviour?

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Surely these problems with Time Machine are old hat and not news? Or are they simply errors occurring with disks or the file system?

February 16, 2020 Macs, Technology

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