What happens when you click a tool in an app? This traces both parts of that click or tap through to the app actioning it, in macOS 27.2.
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Apple has just released the update bringing Golden Gate to 27.2 (there was no 27.1), and security updates […]
Over the last 2 months I have been monitoring used and free disk space in my backup storage, and internal SSD. Here are some observations, and a new version of DeltaFree to measure your own.
Compare log entries when clicking on an item in the Finder, once when it’s selected but not brought into focus, and again when it’s correctly brought into focus. This points to a cause as shown here,
Coming next week in macOS 27.2: the ability to add or remove apps from Local Network privacy. Also global exceptions explained.
This works around an infuriating bug in SwiftUI that prevents full selection of log entries. Essential when using in macOS 27 Golden Gate.
In previous macOS, clicking on components in a window selects those and makes them the centre of attention, or focus. This has broken in macOS 27, as shown in the Finder and an app.
Ask Siri needs to resolve ambiguities in queries without long explanations or clarifications. This explains the context it’s provided with, including text from the active window.
With macOS 27.1 not being released, dates for routine updates are a bit more complicated. Here are suggestions based on recent cycles, and what to expect in the way of new chips.
If you’ve got an Apple silicon Mac running macOS 27, have some fun playing with on-device AI using the fm command tool. Free and completely private.
