Topical listing of articles about older versions of OS X up to 10.10, and other less current material about Macs and related topics.
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A starting point for diagnosing and fixing your Mac problems, with links to key articles here.
Information for anyone reading articles about Macs here, and an introduction to dealing with their problems.
Can you tell the difference? What is the significance of each, and do you know what to do about them? An introductory guide.
When it was written, Apple’s documentation of its Help system was incomplete and misleading. It simply doesn’t work like that.
How to interpret the code numbers written into your Mac’s log to indicate the reason for shutting down, restarting, or going to sleep.
Time should be universal, simple, and precise. Not in computers, though. Given enough clocks, it can behave oddly at times.
It’s time to think of summer: that means macOS 10.13, APFS, and the future of scripting. Is Swift a suitable language?
How can you tell whether your Mac supports Continuity, whether you bought an app from the App Store, and diagnose extension problems?
We should see a lot of new hardware releases, and macOS 10.13 in the autumn. Plan now so that you cope well with the switch in file systems: that may affect your current backups, and more.
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