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Last Week on My Mac: Apple quietly pre-announces major change in macOS 10.14.4

How many apps should launch faster, deliver better performance, be smaller, and use less memory than they have in the past.

February 24, 2019 Macs, Technology

Why are there problems backing up Photos Libraries?

Running High Sierra? Do you keep your Photos Library on an external drive? Do you realise that backing it up using Time Machine is likely to be a waste of time?

December 19, 2017 Macs, Technology

Bundle, package, library, or folder?

There’s more to the Finder’s illusions than plain folders. Here’s an explanation of packages and bundles, and how to use and abuse them.

March 14, 2017 Macs, Technology

Libraries have not been replaced by the internet

Online and print publications and other sources of information are usually complementary. The internet enriches, it does not replace.

April 29, 2016 General, Life, Macs, Technology

Technology is not turning the young into puddings

Should we worry about claimed adverse effects of smartphones on book reading? And who suffers most if we close libraries?

April 12, 2016 General, Language, Life, Macs, Technology

Q&A: Putting your libraries on a NAS

How is it best to move my iPhoto/Photos and iTunes libraries onto a networked disk?

October 23, 2015 Macs, Technology

When we want something, we make it so

These tiny community libraries in New Zealand are themselves under threat, but they bring some important lessons from which we can all learn.

August 14, 2015 General, Life
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