Apple has just released an update to XProtect Remediator security software for Macs running Catalina or later, bringing […]
macOS 13
When run on Intel Macs without a T2 chip in Ventura 13.3.1, LockRattler may crash because of a bug in macOS. This update fixes it.
Intended to be lightweight, timely and quick to install, the first RSR has now been provided for Ventura. Did you know you can also uninstall it easily?
Apple has just released the first of its new Rapid Security Responses (RSRs) for macOS 13.3.1 Ventura. This […]
Apple has just released an update to XProtect Remediator security software for Macs running Catalina or later, bringing […]
After studying thousand of log entries in less than 2 seconds, this is how macOS updates its values for purgeable and available space. But who uses them?
hdiutil chpass, the only means of changing passwords for sparse bundles, doesn’t work in macOS Ventura 13.3.1. The workaround requires a VM and 13.1.
Deleting two large files from a volume triggered the updating of figures for purgeable and available space within 9 seconds. Yet 6 minutes later, the Finder didn’t show those updated figures.
One volume has 60 GB of purgeable space, giving 295 GB available; the other has only 15 GB purgeable, so 250 GB available. How can they be in the same container?
Performed by CacheDelete, it first looks at a wide range of macOS caches, and only at the end purges snapshots, to free up space when it runs short.
The Eclectic Light Company 