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Last Week on My Mac: Keeping up appearances in Tahoe

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Appearance modes and the effects of Accessibility settings exhibit different behaviours in Tahoe, compared with Sequoia. Illustrated in a simple app.

August 31, 2025 Macs, Technology

Apple has just released security updates to macOS 15.6.1, 14.7.8 and 13.7.8

Apple has just released urgent security updates to bring macOS Sequoia to 15.6.1, Sonoma to 14.7.8, and Ventura […]

August 20, 2025 Macs, Technology, Updates

What happens to images when you disable Live Text?

You can disable Live Text in Language & Region settings, but what exactly does that do? Does it also block Visual Look Up, or connection to Apple?

August 19, 2025 Macs, Technology

How do Live Text and Visual Look Up work now?

How images have text recognised within them as Live Text, and objects of interest are classified, using VisionKit, mediaanalysisd, Espresso, the ANE and more.

August 12, 2025 Macs, Technology

macOS Sequoia end of cycle report

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How frequent and large were macOS Sequoia’s updates? How has it grown in total system bundles and apps? Which categories have grown most?

August 8, 2025 Macs, Technology

It’s time to pick your next version of macOS

Coming next month should be macOS Tahoe, security updates for Sequoia and Sonoma, but we’ve probably seen the last of support for Ventura. Which macOS will your Mac be running?

August 1, 2025 Macs, Technology

What has changed in macOS Sequoia 15.6?

macOS Sequoia 15.6 is likely to be the last scheduled general update before Sequoia enters its two years […]

July 29, 2025 Macs, Technology, Updates

Apple has released macOS 15.6 Sequoia update, and 14.7.7 & 13.7.7

Apple has just released the update to bring macOS Sequoia to version 15.6, and security updates for 14.7.7 […]

July 29, 2025 Macs, Technology, Updates

Cryptexes, AI and Creedence Clearwater Revival

Apple silicon Macs (and iPhones and iPads) with AI enabled load 23 cryptexes to support that. This explains how that works, and how you might see an odd volume named Creedence….

July 9, 2025 Macs, Technology

Starting up: early kernel boot in macOS 15, iPadOS 18 and iOS 18

Security services including TXM, Core Crypto, AMFI, Credential Manager and the SEP Key Store, Gatekeeper and AppleSystemPolicy, tracked during startup.

June 23, 2025 Macs, Technology

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