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How to find full Software Update information

How to discover the version of ‘fallback’ Recovery, Bridge versions of T2 chips, and a whole lot more info about a Mac. And a bonus for Ventura.

August 18, 2022 Macs, Technology

Apple has just released macOS Monterey 12.5.1 update

Apple has just released a security update to macOS Monterey, bringing it to version 12.5.1. This fixes two […]

August 17, 2022 Macs, Technology, Updates

Virtualisation on Apple silicon Macs: 10 Which app?

Which to use to virtualise Monterey on an Apple silicon Mac: Parallels Desktop, UTM or VirtualBuddy? A survey of their strengths and problems.

August 16, 2022 Macs, Technology

MRT and XProtect Remediator: an update

During this transition period, with both MRT and XProtect Remediator active on Macs running Catalina and later, what runs when?

August 15, 2022 Macs, Technology

Virtualisation on Apple silicon Macs: 9 Monterey’s limitations

macOS Monterey is the first version with support for lightweight virtualisation on Apple silicon. Here are its greatest limitations, which make it look more like a dress rehearsal.

August 12, 2022 Macs, Technology

Getting more from Activity Monitor: Memory

All about memory: different types, Unified Memory, Mach zones and the kernel, and how to manage system memory problems.

August 10, 2022 Macs, Technology

Wrinkles in Universal Control

I was sat in front of my desktop ‘controller’, and the pointer and keyboard were stuck on a Mac which had just shut down. What to do next?

August 9, 2022 Macs, Technology

Apple has pushed an update to XProtect Remediator

Apple has just pushed an update to XProtect Remediator security software for Macs running Catalina or later, bringing […]

August 4, 2022 Macs, Technology, Updates

Virtualisation on Apple silicon Macs: 8 How Apple limits VMs

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How many macOS guests can lightweight virtualisation run at a time, and can it nest them, running a macOS guest in a macOS VM?

August 4, 2022 Macs, Technology

How Rich Text can vanish in QuickLook

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You preview a major Rich Text document, which QuickLook shows as completely empty. Has something terrible happened, or is it just a four year-old bug?

August 3, 2022 Macs, Technology

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