Sequoia boot volume layout, M4 CPU core management, SIP and csrutil, backup storage, Graphing Calculator and more.
macOS 15
From the start of the fourth cycle in M4 Macs and the smallest ever, through the omission in macOS VMs, and QuickLook shortcomings, to the stealth firmware update.
After months of promotion, Apple Intelligence has arrived for many. Yet at the same time important changes have been made in security, and not a word said about them. Intelligent or blind?
iCloud is now used for key services including notarization checks. For XProtect updates, it should be quicker and simpler, so long as you mind the pinniped.
The macOS 15.2 update includes the second phase of AI support for Apple silicon Macs, introducing the Image […]
As eagerly anticipated, Apple has released the update to macOS 15.2 Sequoia, together with security updates to bring […]
I first recall being caught by it in Mavericks 11 years ago. It has even changed the way I use Finder windows. It survived Covid and Apple silicon, and lives on in macOS Sequoia.
How Spotlight works, Core and global Spotlight, importing failure, exclusions from indexing, re-indexing, excessive re-indexing, failure to find, iCloud Drive and network shares.
Try searching for something you know is in a file in ~/Library/Preference and you’re unlikely to get any success. This explains how, and why you can’t alter that.
If you’re looking for good advice on Macs, Apple’s support documentation is often limited, and the Tips app has a long way to go before it’s useful. Why not try ChatGPT? Six case studies might be helpful.
The Eclectic Light Company 