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What stops your Mac running incompatible extensions?

In one of only 3 kernel extension on your Data volume is a list of blocked kernel extensions. What protection from old and broken KEXTs does it provide?

December 21, 2020 Macs, Technology

Diagnosing an abnormal startup: what that screen means

You press the Power button, but don’t see the normal login window. How to interpret your Mac’s different screens, and what to do about them.

October 1, 2020 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Apple leak

The combination of a new kernel built just 10 days earlier with a set of new graphics drivers sufficed to bring many Macs to their knees.

August 16, 2020 Macs, Technology

The life cycle of a kernel panic

Catalina 10.15.6 update included a bonus: a large memory leak which led to kernel panics. This is the story of its patching.

August 14, 2020 Macs, Technology

What has changed in the macOS 10.15.6 Supplemental Update?

macOS Catalina 10.15.6 Supplemental Update is promised to address two problems: some Macs running Virtual Machines under VMWare […]

August 13, 2020 Macs, Technology

How a kernel zone memory leak can panic macOS

When a kernel extension wants some memory, it calls for an allocation from a Mach zone. This explains how a memory leak in those zones can result in a kernel panic.

August 12, 2020 Macs, Technology

Reading a Panic Log in Catalina

Your Mac starts up after kernel panic, and shows mystifying details about that panic. Here’s how to get the most out of that information.

August 11, 2020 Macs, Technology

Understanding ‘crashes’ and kernel panics

What’s the difference between a crash and a panic? How can you tell what’s likely to have caused a panic?

August 10, 2020 Macs, Technology

Catalina 10.15.6 is prone to kernel panics from a memory leak

There have been recent reports that the macOS Catalina 10.15.6 update can result in kernel panics. This appears […]

August 6, 2020 Macs, Technology

What caused that kernel panic? How to use the log in diagnosis

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Step through how to work out when, how and why a kernel panic occurred in the unified log, using Ulbow.

June 17, 2020 Macs, Technology

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