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Which of Monterey’s features aren’t available where?

You might have been using Visual Look Up for a few months now, or could still be unable to get it to work. How some features aren’t available everywhere, or on all supported Macs.

March 18, 2022 Macs, Technology

macOS has different strategies for M1 cores

There are two situations when M1 chips confine code to just one of their Performance cores: during startup, before the other cores are running, and when preparing an update.

March 17, 2022 Macs, Technology

How good is Monterey’s Visual Look Up?

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A promising start for a new feature which could, with a little improvement, become a uniquely powerful tool.

March 16, 2022 Macs, Painting, Technology

Hidden controls for system settings in macOS

Some system-wide settings are hidden away in the preferences of bundled apps. Here’s a list of where to look for those and others which aren’t easy to find.

March 15, 2022 Macs, Technology

What has changed in macOS Monterey 12.3?

By any measure, Monterey’s 12.3 update is very substantial, introducing major new features like Universal Control and Spatial […]

March 14, 2022 Macs, Technology

Apple has released Monterey 12.3, Big Sur 11.6.5 and Catalina SU 2022-003

Apple has just released the update to macOS Monterey version 12.3, the security update to Big Sur 11.6.5, […]

March 14, 2022 Macs, Technology, Updates

How Monterey checks apps and executable code

There have been changes to the way that macOS 12 checks executable code when asked to run it. Summarised in a diagram.

March 4, 2022 Macs, Technology

WindowServer is hungry for memory on M1 Macs

Each additional Safari window increases WindowServer’s memory use by 1.7 MB on an Intel Mac, but 50 MB on an M1 Mac – thirty times more.

February 22, 2022 Macs, Technology

Can’t upgrade to Monterey? Try these

Upgrading to Monterey is simple for the great majority of users. But what can you do if you can’t get it to install? Here are plenty of options.

February 17, 2022 Macs, Technology

What has changed in macOS Monterey 12.2.1?

According to Apple, macOS Monterey 12.2.1 fixes a serious bug which could drain the battery of Intel notebooks […]

February 10, 2022 Macs, Technology

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