Golden Gate’s AI features go far beyond Visual Look Up and others. But do they use up too much disk space, and could there be a single switch to turn them all off?
macOS 27
It turns out that macOS Tahoe 26.4 added a new folder and firmlinked it from the Data to System volumes, and it’s now seeing light use in Golden Gate.
Since macOS Mojave, certain plain text files can never be found by local Spotlight search, because their contents weren’t indexed. This has now been fixed in macOS 27.0. Hurrah!
Changes to XProtect and XProtect Remediator in macOS 27 can appear puzzling. And why does it still get MRT from 2022? Plus details of firmware and Recovery systems.
How to deal with problems upgrading, a guide to Recovery in case, new Liquid Glass control and an Easter Egg, rounding of rectangle corners, and AI and language support.
Apple has now released the first public version of macOS 27.0 Golden Gate, together with security updates taking […]
Login keychain behaviour changed in Tahoe 26.4, and now ties access to one Mac. That could cause problems, as the most reliable transfer is by two-Mac migration.
If it’s not the date or features of a new version of macOS that come as a surprise, then what is? It’s what birders refer to as jizz, or its feel. What should we look for in Golden Gate?
List of 37 of my free apps that should be compatible with macOS Golden Gate, and will be supported for it, plus 5 command tools.
In Tahoe and later, using Macs with Secure Enclaves, copying the login keychain between them won’t work. But migration should be successful, and can also be used to create new VMs, such as Golden Gate.
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