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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

Wrinkles in Universal Control

I was sat in front of my desktop ‘controller’, and the pointer and keyboard were stuck on a Mac which had just shut down. What to do next?

August 9, 2022 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Stuck together or flourishing apart?

So macOS is being swallowed up into iOS? Haven’t you forgotten how iPadOS is trying to establish itself the middle ground between them?

June 19, 2022 Macs, Technology

Inside Universal Control

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Its model uses the Controller whose input devices are used, and the Target, being controlled by them. Universal Control is responsible for managing connections and routing input and control events to the Target.

June 6, 2022 Macs, Technology

Securing your data in iCloud

Exactly how does iCloud protect data in Contacts, files stored in iCloud Drive, those saved by 3rd party apps, and your email?

March 3, 2022 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: When we’re almost twelve

Apple’s release season opens on Tuesday. But what’s happening with Monterey – is it going to be complete and ready, or full of beta-features?

September 12, 2021 Macs, Technology

How macOS launches an iOS app

From LaunchServices and an initial security check by MIS, to FuseBoard and FrontBoard handling the app’s scenes, all you need to know about how an M1 Mac runs iOS apps.

April 26, 2021 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Looking for the killer app

The M1’s honeymoon is over. Speed is great, but users are asking what else the M1 offers. Catalyst and the M1 iPad Pro could prove crucial to the answers.

April 25, 2021 Macs, Technology

How macOS manages iOS apps: RunningBoard comes of age

iOS and iPadOS apps run on M1 Macs in an environment managed by RunningBoard, FrontBoard, FuseBoard, and several assistants.

April 21, 2021 Macs, Technology

iOS apps are translocated when run in macOS

App translocation was introduced to stop malicious software exploiting relative file paths. So how come every time an iOS/iPadOS app is run, it’s translocated?

April 19, 2021 Macs, Technology

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