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Welcome to macOS Sierra’s new Console: it’s buried in Terminal

So how do you check your logs to see if backups have been made correctly? Forget Console – you’ve got to use Terminal.

September 29, 2016 Macs, Technology

Known bugs in macOS Sierra 10.12: an incomplete summary

This list will be maintained throughout this initial release of macOS Sierra. There are still some golden oldies to enjoy.

September 28, 2016 Macs, Technology

Which blog authoring app?

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This blog has over 1800 articles, and my offline authoring app is struggling, regularly bringing my Mac to its knees. There must be a better solution.

September 28, 2016 General, Macs, Technology

Installing and removing software in Sierra

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How can you install older drivers or other software on a new Sierra system? Some practical tips for working through SIP and security protection.

September 27, 2016 Macs, Technology

Has the Sofacy spy group started targeting Macs?

You will recall that the Russian group Fancy Bear hacked into the World Anti-Doping Agency’s medical records of […]

September 26, 2016 General, Macs, Technology

Last Week on my Mac: Sierra, early impressions

The release of Sierra seems to have gone smoothly. Was it really a major release, though? What does it get wrong? What about third party support?

September 25, 2016 General, Macs, Technology

Troubleshooting Sierra: an overview of tools and techniques

After a near-panic and interminable spin, it proved impossible to get useful diagnostic information. Here are some tools and techniques which should still be useful.

September 24, 2016 Macs, Technology

Sierra’s Console: promising but incomplete

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Even a performing basic check can be an act of supreme intellectual challenge, or is now flatly impossible. Early beta quality.

September 23, 2016 Macs, Technology

Silent Sierra night: security settings files in macOS Sierra

Note: this version ceases to be updated from 14 June 2017. A newer version is available here. In […]

September 22, 2016 Macs, Technology

Obscured by clouds: how Sierra breaks copy/move

Its increasingly hard to know where your files are, when you let Sierra manage your storage using iCloud. This is not a neat illusion, but a confusing deception.

September 22, 2016 General, Macs, Technology

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