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Inside iCloud Drive: In the log in Sierra and High Sierra

Looking inside iCloud when copying a file across to cloud storage. How CloudDocs, CloudKit, MMCS, and other subsystems work together.

March 26, 2018 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: The awesome power of the Duet

If Apple manages the performance of iOS, does it do the same with macOS? What is there to stop that from being used against us?

December 24, 2017 Macs, Technology

Starting up in High Sierra 10.13.1: an initial log exploration

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Changes include frequent timechecks by timed, harder access to info about keychains, a couple of possible AppleScript bugs, and APFS snapshots.

November 23, 2017 Macs, Technology

Starting up in Sierra: a fuller account for troubleshooting

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A detailed examination of what happens during the first few minutes after starting your Mac up. Vital for anyone trying to diagnose problems in that period.

November 20, 2017 Macs, Technology

This is what happens when Sierra’s backups become irregular

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When Sierra’s automatic backups stop or become irregular, other functions fail too. Here are some important and more obvious ones. Is this fixed in High Sierra, and does it affect iPhones too?

November 4, 2017 Macs, Technology

Why did my Mac stop making Time Machine backups? An investigation with Woodpile 0.6a1

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This new version lets you select which log file to analyse, and to add custom processes to examine within log files. Lots of power with elegant simplicity.

October 30, 2017 Macs, Technology

Has anyone got the time? How High Sierra has changed time synchronisation

High Sierra has done away with the ntpd daemon for keeping your Mac’s clock in sync with a standard time server. This now works as in iOS, using the timed daemon.

October 27, 2017 Macs, Technology

The Time Machine Mechanic, T2M2, version 1.2

Should fix a bug in which T2M2 reports an error message rather than completing an analysis of Time Machine backups.

October 21, 2017 Macs, Technology

Looking inside WebKit and the macOS dispatching systems using log data

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Traditional logs are good for looking at single events. The unified log is a unique platform for looking at statistics and patterns, which can reveal new knowledge – if you have the tools.

October 16, 2017 Macs, Technology

High Sierra: security files, internals and some bugs

It looks much the same as Sierra. Looking at High Sierra’s logs, though, shows that there are significant internal changes. Here’s a first glimpse at SkyLight, APFS and dasd at work.

September 29, 2017 Macs, Technology

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