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macOS 10.13

APFS tools suck

It may be over 2 years old, but its supporting tools are more like those of a beta. Adding containers isn’t at all straightforward.

August 14, 2019 Macs, Technology

What shall we do with the drunken Alias? Try Alifix 1.0

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How can you check all your old Finder Aliases to see which are broken and, more importantly, which are in danger of breaking?

August 13, 2019 Macs, Technology, Updates

Tools updated to fix security errors when opening documents

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Keep control over documents with quarantine flags to avoid bizarre security errors, using new versions of Pratique and Sandstrip.

August 7, 2019 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Apple Remote

What went wrong with macOS 10.14.6 update, and Sierra and High Sierra Security Updates 2019-004?

August 4, 2019 Macs, Technology

Apple has released High Sierra and Sierra Security Updates 2019-004 again

Apple has released fixed versions of the Sierra and High Sierra Security Updates 2019-004, which it first released […]

July 29, 2019 Macs, Technology

What makes macOS updates more complex: T2 firmware updates

Why couldn’t you install Security Update 2019-004 on your T2-free Mac, when the problem was in its T2 firmware update?

July 27, 2019 Macs, Technology

Updating Mojave to 10.14.6 is probably safe, as are Sierra and High Sierra Security Updates

The latest news on last week’s macOS updates is that the Mojave update to 10.14.6 does appear ‘safe’, […]

July 25, 2019 Macs, Technology

Best not to apply any of the latest macOS updates, including 10.14.6, for now – WITHDRAWN

Note: Apple has now released fixed versions of the Security Updates: details here. Apple has overnight pulled one […]

July 25, 2019 Macs, Technology

Don’t apply High Sierra or Sierra Security Updates 2019-004 – Apple has pulled them both – WITHDRAWN

Apple has now released fixed versions of the two Security Updates – see this article for full details. […]

July 24, 2019 Macs, Technology

Cirrus 1.5 can change text size and supports auto-update

Now lets you change the font size in its text views, with settings independent for each window type, and saved to its preferences files.

June 19, 2019 Macs, Technology

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