Why you should keep a copy of the Panic Log. How to check that your Mac isn’t the cause. And above all, don’t panic.
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Formed using reverse DNS notation, they can now have prefixes and suffixes giving them user and process identities. And how to find a list of them.
All about memory: different types, Unified Memory, Mach zones and the kernel, and how to manage system memory problems.
Many Mac users now have a better idea as to whether anything’s amiss at home than in their Mac. Why we need a way to check a Mac’s status.
You might be lucky and solve it by inspiration. When that fails, fall back on a careful, thorough and systematic approach as explained here.
Apps may crash, but kernels panic. Don’t accept your Mac just panics often. It should never panic at all, and more than one panic a year needs to be properly investigated and reported.
The first tool you need to tackle Bluetooth problems shows the quality of connections. That’s a problem in Monterey at the moment. Here’s why.
Activity Monitor’s Memory view is the perfect place to watch for memory problems, such as a leak. Demonstrated here in macOS 12.0.1 and 12.1.
Have you got problems backing up to your NAS? Here is a series of four simple tests to perform to give clear insights and help you tune its performance.
If you want to check out your Mac’s Wi-Fi connection, Wireless Diagnostics is ideal. It’ll show you signal dropouts and give its opinion.
