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macOS 10.13

Time Machine: 1 How it works, or fails to

New series looking at how TM works, what its problems are, what tools to use to diagnose those, and how to fix it.

December 3, 2019 Macs, Technology

What changed in Mojave 10.14.6 Security Update 2019-001?

A detailed list of those bundled apps like Photos, and system components, which were updated in this Security Update.

November 4, 2019 Macs, Technology

Time Machine beaten by the clock: backup fails due to bug

Over the night the clocks went back, a Time Machine backup failed. Was this the result of a time error from that change?

October 29, 2019 Macs, Technology

Should you enable defragmentation on APFS hard drives?

You’re stuck using hard disks with High Sierra or later. Could enabling defragmentation on them overcome the performance problems of APFS?

October 19, 2019 Macs, Technology

A gap opens in EFI firmware, leaving Sierra in doubt

For the moment, firmware versions for updated Macs are different between those running Catalina, and those running Mojave earlier. How could this affect Sierra, though?

October 9, 2019 Macs, Technology

Capturing the moment in your log: how to identify a problem

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Using only free tools, it isn’t difficult to get a log excerpt which will tell you, or someone else, exactly what occurred at the time.

September 17, 2019 Macs, Technology

If you’re still running Sierra, what do you do next?

When Catalina is released, Apple is expected to drop support for macOS 10.12 Sierra. What should you do if that’s what your Mac is running now?

September 14, 2019 Macs, Technology

Checking your keychains using KeychainCheck2

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A utility to explore your keychains, revived, improved a great deal, and now compatible with Catalina.

August 30, 2019 Macs, Technology, Updates

Are you running macOS before Mojave 10.14.4? Do you use command tools?

Downloading runtime support from Apple can save you wondering why a tool appears to be broken.

August 27, 2019 Macs, Technology

Alifix 1.1 should be faster with old Finder Aliases

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New version should address long delays in checking old Finder Alias files.

August 14, 2019 Macs, Technology, Updates

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