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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

Serious bugs remaining in Monterey: a working list

What are the penalties in staying with Monterey, if you choose not to upgrade to Ventura, or your Mac isn’t supported? Please report serious bugs we should know about.

July 22, 2022 Macs, Technology

Has the Finder become badly behaved?

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Dragging a file to copy/move it from one location to another used to be simple. Now it’s complicated by iCloud, dropbox behaviour in AirDrop and Universal Control, and more.

June 16, 2022 Macs, Technology

Why Monterey’s Finder Find memory leak may not be fixed

Will Monterey 12.5 fix the memory leak in the Find feature in the Finder? That looks increasingly unlikely, and may influence your decision as to whether to upgrade.

May 30, 2022 Macs, Technology

What has changed in macOS Monterey 12.3?

By any measure, Monterey’s 12.3 update is very substantial, introducing major new features like Universal Control and Spatial […]

March 14, 2022 Macs, Technology

Permissions and ACLs

macOS now adds special permissions to standard folders including your Home folder, and its special folders inside it. This explains those ACLs and how to fix them.

February 16, 2022 Macs, Technology

What has changed in macOS Monterey 12.2.1?

According to Apple, macOS Monterey 12.2.1 fixes a serious bug which could drain the battery of Intel notebooks […]

February 10, 2022 Macs, Technology

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