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macOS 10.13

Consolation version 3.6 fixes an unusual show-stopper bug

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Previous versions could fail if run from a user account which is a member of very few groups. This update fixes that.

January 13, 2020 Macs, Technology, Updates

Ulbow version 1.0b3 is now feature-complete

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Adds CSV export of log extracts, and fixes two bugs. Is this now ready for final release?

January 13, 2020 Macs, Technology, Updates

Browse your log with Ulbow 1.0b2, with many new features

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Now uses monospace font, can write and read logarchive bundles and individual log files within them, and more.

January 6, 2020 Macs, Technology

New free Unified Log Browser Ulbow in first beta

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Still struggling to use the Unified Log in Sierra and later? Perhaps Ulbow will make simpler but no less powerful. Please try this first beta.

December 30, 2019 Macs, Technology, Updates

Time Machine: 6 Networked storage

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From its first release, Time Machine has been designed to back up over a network. So why the problems? And how you can make your own NAS.

December 19, 2019 Macs, Technology

Making sense of Disk Utility and disk structure in macOS 10.13-10.15

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The Finder, Disk Utility and Terminal show disks and volumes differently, according to their function. This can appear confusing in Catalina until it has been explained.

December 18, 2019 Macs, Technology

Time Machine: 4 Problems with backups

What to do when there are problems with a backup, or you want to delete backups or their contents.

December 12, 2019 Macs, Technology

Apple has released Catalina 10.15.2 update and Security Updates for High Sierra and Mojave

Apple has just released the Catalina update to 10.15.2, which weighs in at just under 3.5 GB, and […]

December 10, 2019 Macs, Technology, Updates

Time Machine: 3 Analysing automatic backups

Looking at failure of automatic backups, cancelled backups, and errors occurring when backing up, using T2M2, from Sierra to Catalina.

December 5, 2019 Macs, Technology

Time Machine: 2 What it writes in the log

Detailed log excerpts showing normal backups in 10.12 to 10.15, with some of the more common errors encountered.

December 4, 2019 Macs, Technology

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