The good thing about the Sierra 10.12.5 update is that it seems to have caused few problems. But what did it actually address?
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One of the original reasons for my tools to open access to macOS Sierra’s new unified log system […]
Transferring a decision-making guide from a quick flowchart into Tinderbox notes.
Tread carefully in the Print dialog of Contacts: its liable to cause an unexpected quit.
Sierra 10.12.5 claims that the App Store app has been enhanced. That’s not what I have seen.
Can your Mac control sleep of its display, disks and system independently of one another? Many can’t.
Currently they all look like old bugs, some going right back to Mavericks and earlier.
There are now three different Recovery modes. This explains which to use, and provides a flowchart to help you work out how best to reinstall in them.
Over a month after the release of macOS Sierra 10.12.4, Apple quietly let slip the news that it […]
Trying to get a more coherent overview of the different paths to concurrent, asynchronous, and background task management in macOS. Draft for discussion.
The Eclectic Light Company 