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Beyond Scripting in Swift: Dates, Steppers, and parsing log entries

How T2M2 analyses Sierra’s log to assess how backups have been working. With insights into using NSDate, NSStepper, and more.

May 23, 2017 Macs, Technology

Time Machine problems? Try T2M2: it’ll tell you what’s wrong

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Whether you just want to check that Time Machine is backing up properly, or want to diagnose a suspected problem, this is the tool.

May 22, 2017 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Sierra 10.12.5, a shoddy update

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?

May 21, 2017 Macs, Technology

An easier way to check Time Machine: T2M2

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One of the original reasons for my tools to open access to macOS Sierra’s new unified log system […]

May 20, 2017 Macs, Technology

Moving a blog to Tinderbox: Guiding decisions

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Transferring a decision-making guide from a quick flowchart into Tinderbox notes.

May 19, 2017 General, Macs, Technology

Contacts in Sierra 10.12.5 can unexpectedly quit

Tread carefully in the Print dialog of Contacts: its liable to cause an unexpected quit.

May 19, 2017 Macs, Technology

Fetch a translator: Apple says it has ‘fixed’ the App Store app

Sierra 10.12.5 claims that the App Store app has been enhanced. That’s not what I have seen.

May 18, 2017 Macs, Technology

The mysteries of sleep: what’s making my hard drive sleep?

Can your Mac control sleep of its display, disks and system independently of one another? Many can’t.

May 17, 2017 Macs, Technology

Known bugs in macOS Sierra 10.12.5: an incomplete summary

Currently they all look like old bugs, some going right back to Mavericks and earlier.

May 17, 2017 Macs, Technology

Important changes to Recovery mode

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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.

May 16, 2017 Macs, Technology

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