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Will Macs get Apple’s new memory protection?

Malicious software often relies on corruption and other problems with memory. Latest iPhones come with new hardware-based protection that’s also likely to come in a future M-series chip. Here are the details.

September 15, 2025 Macs, Technology

Apple’s longevity by design

Are Apple’s products designed to last longer? A new white paper puts Apple’s case, and dismisses allegations of built-in obsolescence.

July 4, 2024 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Fun and functional

Good human interface design should bring fun where it’s appropriate, but fun is only justifiable when it’s completed to be functional.

April 28, 2024 Macs, Technology

Log Literacy: How to make and use logarchives

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How can you browse a logarchive sent from an iPhone, iPad, or someone else’s Mac? With Ulbow it’s really simple – and it can create logarchives too.

August 1, 2023 Macs, Technology

Making the most of Apple silicon power: 1 M-series chips are different

An accessible account of how Apple silicon chips use cores of two different types to do their work, and how to get the best from them as a user. The start…

October 3, 2022 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Not a PC

It’s a strange coincidence that Intel and Microsoft came up with similar hardware of P and E core types in a SoC, and identical terminology for thread allocation using QoS.

August 14, 2022 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Whatever happened to Exposure Notifications?

Last April, Apple and Google surprised the world by collaborating on features to turn our smartphones into contact tracing systems. How did that work out then?

March 21, 2021 General, Life, Macs, Technology

To fly (un)like a bird with JSON and a drone

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Time to take to the air with a Parrot ANAFI drone. Early experiences, sample video and images. Why use a flight simulator when you can fly (un)like a bird?

March 20, 2021 General, Life, Macs, Technology

How to tell Electron and Catalyst apps

Does that app use Electron, Catalyst, SwiftUI, AppKit, or is it an iPhone app? How to find out easily.

October 5, 2020 Macs, Technology

Watching the second wave: Covid-19 wins yet again

Over the summer, the UK has seen steady rises in the number of new cases, but still hasn’t done anything effective to address its Second Wave. Why not?

September 22, 2020 General, Life, Technology

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