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Saturday Mac riddles 181

Here are this weekend’s riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: Dry for ships, […]

December 10, 2022 General, Macs, Technology

Spotlight problems: mds_stores and mdworker in trouble

Excessive CPU use by mds_stores is a common cause of sluggish performance. Explains what it does and what you can do bring it under control.

December 8, 2022 Macs, Technology

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 180

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 180. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Brisk […]

December 5, 2022 General, Macs, Technology

Saturday Mac riddles 180

Here are this weekend’s riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: Brisk marching pace […]

December 3, 2022 General, Macs, Technology

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 179

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 179. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Co-ordinate […]

November 28, 2022 General, Macs, Technology

Saturday Mac riddles 179

Here are this weekend’s riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: Co-ordinate hues to […]

November 26, 2022 General, Macs, Technology

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 178

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 178. Here are my solutions to them. 1: One […]

November 21, 2022 General, Macs, Technology

Saturday Mac riddles 178

Here are this weekend’s riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: One on each […]

November 19, 2022 General, Macs, Technology

Repairing Home folder permissions: a mystery

Once, you could run diskutil to ‘fix’ broken permissions in your Home folder, then it was replaced by repairHomePermissions in Recovery. Apple no longer documents this, but it’s still there. Should you use it?

November 18, 2022 Macs, Technology

Cryptex: how a custom iPhone is changing macOS updates

Expected in Ventura 13.1 is a new lightweight system for applying security patches. This article explains how it uses cryptexes, already being used in macOS 13.

November 16, 2022 Macs, Technology

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