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macOS 10.14

Last Week on My Mac: The minor update that took 5 weeks

Apple started the 10.14.6 update on 22 July, and has (perhaps?) completed it on 26 August, almost as bad as with High Sierra last year. Does this bode ill for Catalina?

September 1, 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

macOS Mojave Boot Volume Layout

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Catalina will change our boot disks substantially with its read-only system volume. Here’s an account of what we already have in Mojave.

August 29, 2019 Macs, Technology

Preference settings: where to find them in Mojave

Where to look for that vital preference file? Here’s a list of those you’ll find most useful in Mojave.

August 28, 2019 Macs, Technology

macOS Mojave 10.14.6 Supplemental Update take 2 is now available (updated)

If you thought that we’d already installed Mojave 10.14.6 Supplemental Update, here’s yet another go at it, with […]

August 26, 2019 Macs, Technology, Updates

Last Week on My Mac: Prepare to upgrade

The Catalina upgrade promises to be the most complex for years, catering for loss of 32-bit support and its read-only file system. How are you planning to upgrade?

August 25, 2019 Macs, Technology

Working safely and effectively with preferences in Mojave

Preference files are involved in many Mac problems, and are often their solution. Using them now isn’t simple: here is some guidance.

August 22, 2019 Macs, Technology

Revisionist 1.6 is now fully compatible with Catalina betas

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A minor fix for compatibility with Catalina betas, where it now reports the correct size of the version database.

August 21, 2019 Macs, Technology, Updates

Exploring and testing iCloud Drive using Cirrus 1.6

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Recommended for all users, as it fixes a bug which prevented the upload test from working. Essential too for anyone using Catalina beta with its changed paths and more.

August 20, 2019 Macs, Technology, Updates

Last Week on My Mac: Why isn’t APFS fully supported yet in macOS?

With only sketchy documentation and no open source release, how complete are the tools to support APFS? Are they still “work in progress”?

August 18, 2019 Macs, Technology

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