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Saturday Mac riddles 305

Here are this weekend’s Mac riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: One on […]

April 26, 2025 General, Macs, Technology

A brief history of code signing on Macs

From its introduction in Leopard in 2006, some were predicting no good would come of it. From 2012 it became important with Gatekeeper, then came notarization in 2018.

April 26, 2025 Macs, Technology

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 304

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 304. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Glance […]

April 21, 2025 General, Macs, Technology

Saturday Mac riddles 304

Here are this weekend’s Mac riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: Glance at […]

April 19, 2025 General, Macs, Technology

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 303

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 303. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Harvard […]

April 14, 2025 General, Macs, Technology

Saturday Mac riddles 303

Here are this weekend’s Mac riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: Harvard or […]

April 12, 2025 General, Macs, Technology

A brief history of Mac native file systems

A brief start with MFS for 400 KB floppies, followed by HFS intended for the first hard disks, upgraded to HFS+ in 1988, and followed in 2017 by APFS for all the OSes.

April 12, 2025 Macs, Technology

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 302

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 302. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Shortened […]

April 7, 2025 General, Macs, Technology

Saturday Mac riddles 302

Here are this weekend’s Mac riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: Shortened characters […]

April 5, 2025 General, Macs, Technology

A brief history of disk images on the Mac

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From their use to replicate floppy disks in manufacture, to their key roles in macOS, for distribution of software, and on network servers to contain backups. Unglamorous but essential.

April 5, 2025 Macs, Technology

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