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Time Machine: 2 What it writes in the log

Detailed log excerpts showing normal backups in 10.12 to 10.15, with some of the more common errors encountered.

December 4, 2019 Macs, Technology

Time Machine: 1 How it works, or fails to

New series looking at how TM works, what its problems are, what tools to use to diagnose those, and how to fix it.

December 3, 2019 Macs, Technology

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 23

How did you get on this week with the three riddles?

December 2, 2019 General, Macs, Technology

Saturday Mac riddles 23

Here are this weekend’s riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: You never want […]

November 30, 2019 General, Macs, Technology

Did that Mac just restart itself? About kernel panics

What they are, how they’ve changed, how to work out what went wrong, and how to deal with them. No Mac should ever experience a single panic.

November 27, 2019 Macs, Technology

What’s in a macOS installer app? An exploration with ArchiChect

How to check whether a macOS Installer app still has a valid signature, and where to find its hidden Installer packages.

November 26, 2019 Macs, Technology

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 22

Did you get all three this week? Solutions explained, including a strange episode in the history of the Western calendar.

November 25, 2019 General, Macs, Technology

Consolation 3.5 tells you how many log entries, and more

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Recommended for all users, this adds a count of log entries and lines, runs an initial check to see whether you’re logged in as an admin user, and more.

November 25, 2019 Macs, Technology, Updates

Saturday Mac riddles 22

Everyone should be able to get this week’s. Why not have a try yourself?

November 23, 2019 General, Macs, Technology

Why macOS has to change, and how iOS is showing the way

When everything is running sweetly, macOS performance isn’t a problem. In most respects, though, 10.15 is no better prepared to cope with problems than 10.0 was almost 20 years ago.

November 21, 2019 Macs, Technology

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