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Mojave

Housekeeping for speed and profit

Migration brings old software which isn’t really incompatible, but can slow your Mac down. This one was caught during startup.

December 18, 2018 Macs, Technology

Disk Utility 18.0 (Mojave): Not exactly the truth

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Disk Utility claims to perform secure erase on SSDs, but does no such thing. Here are workarounds to do what it doesn’t, and details of a bug preventing encryption of APFS volumes.

December 17, 2018 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: What is Apple up to?

Apple’s doomed, they keep saying. macOS is going down the pan. But is it? And why is Apple recruiting so many staff?

December 16, 2018 Macs, Technology

Should appearance mode change text views?

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Currently, many major apps keep all the active editing view in Light Mode, irrespective of whether the rest of macOS is in Dark Mode. Is that the best option?

December 14, 2018 Macs, Technology

Where do Apple’s recent security updates leave macOS?

Apple appears to be maintaining MRT, but hasn’t changed detection signatures in XProtect for 9 months. What does this mean for the security of macOS and its users?

December 14, 2018 Macs, Technology

Apple has pushed an update to MRT

Apple has just pushed an update to its malware removal tool, MRT, for macOS, bringing its version number […]

December 12, 2018 Macs, Technology

Apple has pushed a minor update to XProtect

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

December 11, 2018 Macs, Technology

When the App Store says to redownload all your apps

What does the iCloud icon mean in the App Store? That the app has to be ‘redownloaded’. So what does it mean when every app you ever bought shows it?

December 11, 2018 Macs, Technology

LockRattler 4.18 should now highlight new updates

Recommended for all users: new updates since the app was last run should now be shown in red text.

December 11, 2018 Macs, Technology

Rendering Rich Text in Dark Mode

A proposal for ensuring consistent display of Rich Text across apps and tools in macOS, and elsewhere.

December 10, 2018 Macs, Technology

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