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Mac shutdown and sleep cause codes

How to interpret the code numbers written into your Mac’s log to indicate the reason for shutting down, restarting, or going to sleep.

February 28, 2017 Macs, Technology

Drift in the timing of log entries in Sierra

View the same log entries at different times, and their timestamps change. This explains why, and what is going on.

February 20, 2017 Macs, Technology

Troubleshooting Time Machine: stuck preparing backup, and the deep event scan

When Time Machine seems to take a long time preparing the next backup, or gets stuck, here is how to diagnose and deal with it.

February 20, 2017 Macs, Technology

El Capitan 10.11.2 – drag and drop bug

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Once it has started, all attempts to drag and drop in apps will fail with the same error message.

January 3, 2016 Macs, Technology

Q&A: Starting beeps

Sometimes, when starting up, my Mac beeps at me. What is wrong with it?

December 20, 2015 Macs, Technology

How GPS usually exaggerates your performance

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Now you can accuse others of inflating their workout performances, with science to back you up.

November 15, 2015 General, Life, Macs, Technology

Q&A: App Store apps damaged

My Mac refuses to run apps I bought from the Mac App Store, telling me that they are damaged. Why?

November 13, 2015 Macs, Technology

Q&A: Keys out of order

When verifying my hard disk, Disk Utility reports that the ‘keys are out of order’. What do I do next?

November 10, 2015 Macs, Technology

Q&A: NASty errors

Folders on our NAS cannot be trashed, because the Finder reports that they are still in use. How can we fix this?

October 16, 2015 Macs, Technology

Q&A: Excel file access error

When starting or quitting Excel, it complains of a file access error. How can I stop that?

October 14, 2015 Macs, Technology

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