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Stage Manager for the unimpressed: 3 Apps and windows

Stage Manager manages windows, and the Dock manages apps. This explains how to keep an app window in a group, and all about popbacks.

January 17, 2023 Macs, Technology

Stage Manager for the unimpressed: 2 Workflow strategies

Setting up a standard cast, how to deal with windows that open in the wrong app group, and building a group for a special workflow.

January 13, 2023 Macs, Technology

Stage Manager for the unimpressed: 1 Getting started

Getting started with Stage Manager, without confusion or tears. How to disable its motion effects, and how to build app and window groups for your workflows.

January 11, 2023 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Similar hardware but different by design

The iPad Pro has the same M2 chip as a MacBook Air, a keyboard and trackpad, and a single Thunderbolt/USB4 port, but there the similarities end.

December 11, 2022 Macs, Technology

Finder can’t create an alias inside a package or bundle

The Finder is happy to create aliases to most files and folders, provided they aren’t immediately inside a bundle or package. Then it gets all fussy. But why?

December 3, 2022 Macs, Technology

Changing preferences isn’t so simple

Before you try editing or trashing that preference file, ask whether macOS in the form of cfprefsd isn’t going to undo your work.

November 25, 2022 Macs, Technology

Dealing with a dysfunctional Desktop

When he put files or folders on his Desktop, although they were shown in the Finder’s listing of its contents, they simply vanished.

November 24, 2022 Macs, Technology

Fixes and flaws in Ventura 13.0

Good news of bugs fixed, including 77 security bugs. Bad news of those carried over from Monterey, and some newly added in Ventura 13.0.

November 4, 2022 Macs, Technology

Ventura for early adopters

Changed installers, post-update security mayhem, Stage Manager for those sensitive to motion, memory leaks, an Endpoint Security bug, and more.

October 26, 2022 Macs, Technology

Why Ventura’s Stage Manager is so important

Stage Manager on its own is sufficient reason to want to upgrade to Ventura. Here’s why you need to try it out.

September 12, 2022 Macs, Technology

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