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Last Week on my Mac: Where the law fails to protect

A chilling tale with a happy ending – for once – which shows how our governments don’t want to improve our computer security.

August 28, 2016 General, Life, Macs, Technology

Scanning your Macs for security problems with Nessus

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Nessus is a heavyweight and expensive vulnerability scanner – which is now free of charge for home use. Is it useful there?

July 26, 2016 Macs, Technology

WWDC: Fix the existing before launching the new

New toys expected include Siri for OS X, and OS X 10.12. Those should really please users with Macs that keep freezing, and bricked iPad Pros.

June 5, 2016 General, Macs, Technology

Some good, some dangerous: Apple’s updates this year

One of the most compelling arguments for Apple owning all the hardware on which its operating systems run, […]

May 22, 2016 General, Macs, Technology

Error numbers: the final hurdle

One frustratingly unfriendly feature remains in OS X: error numbers. Now there is a website to help you decode them.

May 21, 2016 Macs, Technology

Branding the Mac operating system: why macOS?

Already, it is being rumoured that this summer, Apple will change the name of OS X to macOS. Is this just for consistency?

April 2, 2016 Macs, Technology

What changes with the FBI’s cracking of the iPhone?

If you think this is an end to the story of the San Bernardino iPhone, be prepared for further surprises. It’s not done yet.

March 30, 2016 General, Macs, Technology

A billion active devices

With only one Apple device for every 7 people in the world, Apple must still be marginal. And to have taken 8.5 years from shipping the iPhone is so slow. Doom or what?

January 29, 2016 General, Macs, Technology

OS X 10.11.2 released, and iOS 9.2, and…

Apple has just released another slew of updates, this time including OS X 10.11.2, iOS 9.2, Xcode 7.2, […]

December 8, 2015 Macs, Technology

Never the Twain Shall Meet? OS X and iOS

There have been many rumours about OS X getting merged into iOS, or having to buy apps through the App Store. The answer is simple and clear.

December 6, 2015 Macs, Technology

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