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Firmware passwords: a mixed blessing

Coupled with FileVault’s whole disk encryption, this can stop others from accessing your data. But there are disadvantages too.

July 1, 2016 Macs, Technology

How to uninstall OS X Server 5

It’s not quite as simple as dragging the Server app to the Trash. Here’s how to get rid of Server properly.

June 22, 2016 Macs, Technology

Apple updates XProtect to block Flash Player before 22.0.0.192

Overnight, Apple has pushed out an update to its XProtect blocking list. This now blocks all versions of […]

June 21, 2016 General, Macs, Technology

How to deal with keychain problems in macOS 10.11.2 and later

Late last year, the utility for repairing keychains quietly vanished from macOS 10.11.2. No one seems to know where its functionality went.

June 18, 2016 Macs, Technology

Behind the scenes: a summary of changes in macOS Sierra

There is more to Sierra than the exciting features like Siri which were shown on stage earlier this week. Here are fuller details.

June 17, 2016 Macs, Technology

macOS Sierra will break many installers and updaters

The good news: Gatekeeper should be more protective. The bad news: old installers may well be unusable. Bah!

June 16, 2016 Macs, Technology

macOS 11 is coming, says the body language

Why is the new Apple File System called APFS? And what does it all mean? Decoding WWDC.

June 15, 2016 Macs, Technology

Apple goes for consistency with macOS Sierra

macOS Sierra it is then – but why did Apple choose those names?

June 14, 2016 General, Macs, Technology

Branding the Mac operating system: why macOS?

Already, it is being rumoured that this summer, Apple will change the name of OS X to macOS. Is this just for consistency?

April 2, 2016 Macs, Technology

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