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Apple has just released updates to XProtect and XProtect Remediator

Apple has just released updates to XProtect for all supported versions of macOS, bringing it to version 5284, […]

December 17, 2024 Macs, Technology, Updates

Tune for Performance: Core types

Can you promote threads set to run on E cores so they run on P cores instead? Can you demote threads set to run on cores so they run in the background on E cores?

December 17, 2024 Macs, Technology

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 286

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 286. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Keeps […]

December 16, 2024 General, Macs, Technology

Saturday Mac riddles 286

Here are this weekend’s Mac riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: Keeps an […]

December 14, 2024 General, Macs, Technology

A brief history of Activity Monitor

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Originally Process Viewer and CPU Monitor, in 2003 they merged and became Activity Monitor, similar to the current version. Also borrowed for Xcode Instruments.

December 14, 2024 Macs, Technology

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 285

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 285. Here are my solutions to them. 1: This […]

December 9, 2024 General, Macs, Technology

Saturday Mac riddles 285

Here are this weekend’s Mac riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: This Scot […]

December 7, 2024 General, Macs, Technology

The Finder column width bug is over 11 years old

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I first recall being caught by it in Mavericks 11 years ago. It has even changed the way I use Finder windows. It survived Covid and Apple silicon, and lives on in macOS Sequoia.

December 6, 2024 Macs, Technology

Inside M4 chips: CPU core management

A first attempt to describe how macOS decides for a thread which type of core, which cluster, which core, what frequency, and how mobile it should be.

December 5, 2024 Macs, Technology

Managing kernel extensions

It’s time to review old kernel extensions, and uninstall those no longer needed. Here’s how to do that, using uninstallers or manually.

December 3, 2024 Macs, Technology

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