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How High Sierra has changed Help

macOS 10.13.4 brought a major overhaul to the Help system, which greatly improves performance and usability. Here are some of its secrets.

April 17, 2018 Macs, Technology

Telling which apps are 32-bit: 32-bitCheck does it better

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Checking for 32-bit apps in System Information is not the best way: here’s a free tool to make it easier and more comprehensive.

April 16, 2018 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Apple’s calendar

A close call for Apple this week, as it only just met its own deadline to deliver a 64-bit update to Compressor. For High Sierra only, though. Where does this leave us?

April 15, 2018 Macs, Technology

How a New MacBook Pro borked an older iMac’s Bluetooth

Once a new MacBook Pro was updated to 10.13.4, it started to hammer Continuity connections to the iMac (10.12.6), which has AirPort turned off. This blew Bluetooth apart. Log extracts and more info.

April 13, 2018 Macs, Technology

High Sierra has changed Help, and broken HelpHelp

Somewhere between High Sierra 10.13 and 10.13.4, Apple has made major changes to the Help system. Unfortunately, these […]

April 12, 2018 Macs, Technology

Don’t lose versions: DeepTools preserve them wherever your docs go

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Simple tools to preserve versions in documents, whether copied to an external drive, NAS, cloud storage including iCloud and Dropbox, even sent by email.

April 11, 2018 Macs, Technology

Making macOS versions more usable

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Support for deep copying of documents, and a tool to preserve versions across iCloud Drive enable you to rely on versions in your work.

April 9, 2018 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: The trouble with iCloud Drive

Many pro users are now turning to iCloud Drive to integrate them into their work. How well does it cope? Is it ready for such demanding use?

April 8, 2018 Macs, Technology

The Current Version: fixing macOS versioning

macOS versioning is sophisticated and valuable, but let down by flaws in implementation. Can we fix some of its problems?

April 7, 2018 Macs, Technology

Inside iCloud Drive: Optimize Storage, and its bugs

How does the ‘Optimize Storage’ feature work? Indeed, does it work? A look at its confusions and a couple of bugs.

April 6, 2018 Macs, Technology

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