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Are we making good progress?

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Why did that progress dialog suddenly vanish long before it had even reached 50% of the copying progress?

January 6, 2024 Macs, Technology

Solutions to New Year Mac riddles 236

I hope that you enjoyed this New Year’s Mac Riddles, episode 236. Here are my solutions to them. […]

January 2, 2024 General, Macs, Technology

Virtualise Linux on Apple silicon with Liviable beta 4

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Adds bridged networking, VM settings files, prevents inadvertent window closure when a VM is running, and more. Tested with 6 distros.

January 1, 2024 Macs, Technology, Updates

New Year Mac riddles 236

Here are this New Year weekend’s riddles to entertain you through your celebrations. 1: First for the rest […]

December 30, 2023 General, Macs, Technology

Tips of the year: work around bugs and limitations

How to change the password for an encrypted sparse bundle, and how to use an ISO keyboard in a macOS VM on Apple silicon.

December 30, 2023 Macs, Technology

Why are Apple silicon VMs so different?

Before Apple had even released its Developer Transition Kit, virtualisation was already one of the 3 pillars of software support on Apple silicon Macs.

December 29, 2023 Macs, Technology

Solutions to Christmas Mac riddles 235

I hope that you enjoyed this Christmas Mac Riddles, episode 235. Here are my solutions to them. 1: […]

December 26, 2023 General, Macs, Technology

When macOS won’t work with the App Store

Running a macOS VM on Apple silicon has many advantages: it lets you run older macOS on newer models, is more secure, and convenient, except it can’t work with App Store apps.

December 26, 2023 Macs, Technology

Christmas Mac riddles 235

Here are this Christmas weekend’s riddles to entertain you through your celebrations. 1: Iodine Scotsman, a professional, was […]

December 23, 2023 General, Macs, Technology

The Finder doesn’t leak memory, but fills it with cached thumbnails

It turns out that the Finder is just retaining all those image thumbnails in its memory for 2-3 days after you last browsed them. Is this what we want?

December 20, 2023 Macs, Technology

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