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A strategy for tackling NAS problems

Have you got problems backing up to your NAS? Here is a series of four simple tests to perform to give clear insights and help you tune its performance.

December 28, 2021 Macs, Technology

CoreServices apps: the rest

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Among the most useful are Archive Utility, now including Apple Archive compression, and Storage Management. But Network Utility is now non-functional.

December 27, 2021 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Maintaining macOS has changed

in Mac OS 8 and 9, you could patch the system direct. OS X was harder, and became sprawling and interdependent, encouraging users to reinstall macOS. That has now ended with the introduction of the SSV.

December 26, 2021 Macs, Technology

Christmas Mac riddles 131

Here’s a special Christmas edition of riddles to entertain you through what I hope is a long weekend […]

December 25, 2021 General, Macs, Technology

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 130

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 130. Here are my solutions to them. 1: They […]

December 20, 2021 General, Macs, Technology

How to get an old version of macOS, OS X and Xcode

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You might want an old macOS or OS X installer to build a Virtual Machine, or for an old Mac. Here’s how to get them, and old versions of Xcode.

December 20, 2021 Macs, Technology

Saturday Mac riddles 130

Here are this weekend’s riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: They come flooding […]

December 18, 2021 General, Macs, Technology

Using SilentKnight to download updates

For those who want macOS updates promptly, SilentKnight can be a help. But don’t use it to download and install an update.

December 17, 2021 Macs, Technology

Apple has pushed an update to XProtect

Apple has just pushed an update to the data files used by XProtect, bringing its version number to […]

December 16, 2021 Macs, Technology, Updates

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 129

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 129. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Residence […]

December 13, 2021 General, Macs, Technology

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