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APFS, safe saves, inodes and the volfs file system

How can you refer to an important file or directory, no matter where it’s moved on a volume, even when it’s renamed?

September 4, 2019 Macs, Technology

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 10

Suggested solutions to the three puzzles posed here. How well did you do this week?

September 2, 2019 General, Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: The minor update that took 5 weeks

Apple started the 10.14.6 update on 22 July, and has (perhaps?) completed it on 26 August, almost as bad as with High Sierra last year. Does this bode ill for Catalina?

September 1, 2019 Macs, Technology

Saturday Mac riddles 10

Three riddles to keep you puzzling through the weekend, with solutions published on Monday morning.

August 31, 2019 General, Macs, Technology

SilentKnight 1.2 now reports the expected iBridge version

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Although mainly aimed at Macs with T2 chips, this update brings better saving of main window size and position too.

August 31, 2019 Macs, Technology, Updates

Downloading an older version of macOS isn’t simple

When you can’t install what the App Store offers: solutions for downloading and installing older versions of macOS for use with Catalina.

August 30, 2019 Macs, Technology

Preference settings: where to find them in Mojave

Where to look for that vital preference file? Here’s a list of those you’ll find most useful in Mojave.

August 28, 2019 Macs, Technology

Are you running macOS before Mojave 10.14.4? Do you use command tools?

Downloading runtime support from Apple can save you wondering why a tool appears to be broken.

August 27, 2019 Macs, Technology

Kickstarting and tearing down with launchctl

What’s the quickest way to tear down all user apps and services? Or to force a restart? The answer is in the command tool launchctl.

August 27, 2019 Macs, Technology

Apple has pushed an update to Gatekeeper’s data

Apple has pushed an update to the data used by Gatekeeper, bringing its version number to 181, dated […]

August 26, 2019 Macs, Technology, Updates

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