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T2M2 can now analyse for up to 48 hours, and includes scheduling, in 0.4b1

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Adds a new set of analyses to discover the underlying cause of infrequent and irregular automatic backups.

May 26, 2017 Macs, Technology

T2M2 now analyses multiple and manual backups in 0.3b1

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And the most important fix: the colours of the traffic light indicator are better.

May 25, 2017 Macs, Technology

Using T2M2 to diagnose and treat Time Machine problems

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A full explanation of everything that T2M2 analyses and reports, with practical tips on how to interpret and fix.

May 24, 2017 Macs, Technology

How macOS runs background activities: 4 Using XPC Activity

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How scheduling concurrent and background tasks using XPC Activity works, and compares with alternatives such as NSBackgroundActivityScheduler.

May 23, 2017 Macs, Technology

Time Machine problems? Try T2M2: it’ll tell you what’s wrong

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Whether you just want to check that Time Machine is backing up properly, or want to diagnose a suspected problem, this is the tool.

May 22, 2017 Macs, Technology

Moving a blog to Tinderbox: Guiding decisions

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Transferring a decision-making guide from a quick flowchart into Tinderbox notes.

May 19, 2017 General, Macs, Technology

How macOS runs background activities: 3 When things go wrong

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When part of the mechanism which schedules and dispatches Time Machine backups fails, those backups become irregular. Here it is shown in a clear diagram.

May 15, 2017 Macs, Technology

How macOS runs background activities: 2 Time Machine backups

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Diagrams how a routine Time Machine backup is scheduled and dispatched using CTS and DAS.

May 14, 2017 Macs, Technology

How macOS runs background activities: 1 From within an app

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The first detailed account of how macOS Sierra runs many of its background activities, complete with a diagram.

May 13, 2017 Macs, Technology

Taking a clearer look into deepest macOS: DispatchView 0.2b1

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Improvements to help you see the wood from the trees in your logs.

May 12, 2017 Macs, Technology

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