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Apple has released another update to Big Sur: 11.2.1, and updates to 10.15 and 10.14

Apple has released a further update to Big Sur, aimed primarily at some MacBook Pro 2016 and 2017 […]

February 9, 2021 Macs, Technology, Updates

How to roll your M1 Mac back to Big Sur 11.1

macOS updates sometimes don’t work out right. What can you do to revert to the previous release? Did I hear you mention snapshots?

February 9, 2021 Macs, Technology

How to test Spotlight out in 30 seconds with Mints 1.0b11

New version of free utility Mints includes a powerful new feature for checking Spotlight’s indexing and search. Here’s how to use it.

February 8, 2021 Macs, Technology, Updates

Last Week on My Mac: Apple’s scorched update policy

Not only has Apple not provided standalone updaters for macOS 11.2, or for Mojave and Catalina Security Updates 2021-001, but it has removed the Big Sur 11.1 installer. It’s just like iOS now.

February 7, 2021 Macs, Technology

Spotlight on search: In-app search (Core Spotlight)

Apple’s Mail, Notes ad other apps now use Core Spotlight, which protects the privacy of their data, but stops search apps from doing their job. And worse.

February 5, 2021 Macs, Technology

Spotlight on search: Better and different, 3rd party apps

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EasyFind, Find Any File and HoudahSpot compared, and tested against a wide range of search targets. The results are surprising.

February 4, 2021 Macs, Technology

Ulbow 1.5 and Consolation 3.11 improve preference handling

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No longer do you need to fiddle around pre-installing preference files, and each app can now reset its preferences to the defaul

February 3, 2021 Macs, Technology, Updates

Tackling extension problems in Big Sur

It would be much easier if the log contained entries detailing the loading of extensions. Instead, there are long gaps. This explores how you can use those in diagnosing problems.

February 2, 2021 Macs, Technology

What’s changed in Big Sur 11.2?

The update to macOS 11.2 is similar in size to the previous update from 11.0.1 to 11.1: around […]

February 1, 2021 Macs, Technology

Apple has released Big Sur update to version 11.2 and Security Updates for 10.14 and 10.15

Apple has just released Big Sur update to version 11.2, which is available now for both Intel and […]

February 1, 2021 Macs, Technology, Updates

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