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Category Archive: Macs

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 356

I hope you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 356. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Lowing and […]

April 20, 2026 General, Macs, Technology

Privacy: How locations are protected

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How can Privacy & Security show that access by an app to a protected folder is disabled, yet the app can still access that folder? With additional details of privacy controls over storage locations.

April 20, 2026 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Don’t be a victim of fraud

Nothing in macOS protects you from fraudulent apps. They’re commonly notarised, and some have even been supplied from the App Store. Firewalls and keeping macOS up to date are also no protection. Here’s practical advice.

April 19, 2026 Macs, Technology

Saturday Mac riddles 356

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

April 18, 2026 General, Macs, Technology

Explainer: Recovery

Introduced 15 years ago, what was originally a Recovery partition has become complex in Intel Macs, and completely different in Apple silicon, with a fallback.

April 18, 2026 Macs, Technology

Five months later and the Clock app still has an obvious bug

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Revisits a bug in the Timers feature in the Clock app in Tahoe 26.1. This led to the feature failing to load or work. How has it changed in 26.4.1?

April 17, 2026 Macs, Technology

DFU mode

How Intel Macs with T2 chips, and Apple silicon Macs can be rescued from the apparently dead by connecting them to another Mac in DFU mode.

April 16, 2026 Macs, Technology

Privacy: Which folders are protected in Tahoe?

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Seven different locations examined to see how privacy protection is applied to them, including control over writing files, and listing folder contents. Some surprises too, and a new version of Insent.

April 15, 2026 Macs, Technology, Updates

Dual-boot an Apple silicon Mac in Sequoia or Tahoe

If you want to dual-boot between Sequoia and Tahoe, for example, there are four main options, including external bootable disks and VMs. These tips help you choose which is most suitable..

April 14, 2026 Macs, Technology

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 355

I hope you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 355. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Covid, smallpox, […]

April 13, 2026 General, Macs, Technology

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