In the first article in this series, I explained how a great many background activities in macOS, including […]
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Rather than using cron or launchd, many background services in macOS are now run using Centralized Task Scheduling (CTS). This is how it works.
Adds a new log view of background task scheduling and dispatch, greatly improves volume info, and fixes a rare crash.
This new version helps iMac17,1 owners discover the logic board ID, to help investigate their problems updating firmware.
One new tool to list capacities on mounted volumes, the other to deliver detailed information on keychains.
New version of Mints tells you the scaling factors required to convert raw Mach absolute time values to nanoseconds, which change on Apple Silicon Macs.
Performs special analysis of Big Sur backups to APFS, and runs native on Intel and Apple Silicon Macs.
No longer relies on the tool lipo, but inspects Universal Binary information, which is quicker. A Universal App.
The most common problems with Time Machine backups, and how to tackle them using free tools.
A new tool for Mints checks executables for ARM64 code, and lists the Universal Binaries it finds in folders. And it fixes log colours.
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