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More Mac malware: OSX/Keydnap

Maybe malware is always going to come in threes. Hot on the heels of the recent announcement of […]

July 6, 2016 Macs, Technology

New Mac malware can open a backdoor into your system

Bitdefender Labs has announced the detection of new Mac malware, dubbed Backdoor.MAC.Eleanor, which can bypass built-in security in […]

July 5, 2016 Macs, Technology

El Capitan bug in Preview 8.1

This scrambles window content, making the app unusable for large images.

July 4, 2016 Macs, Technology

After the crash: replaying the journal to prevent disk errors

Your disk’s journal aims to prevent disk errors which can occur after a crash. Here’s how to use it to protect your Mac’s data.

July 4, 2016 Macs, Technology

Getting El Capitan to run – without freezing

For the last 15 weeks, this iMac has been freezing sporadically. I have run out of ideas, and hope that 10.11.6 fixes the bug.

July 2, 2016 Macs, Technology

Apple updates XProtect to block Flash Player before 22.0.0.192

Overnight, Apple has pushed out an update to its XProtect blocking list. This now blocks all versions of […]

June 21, 2016 General, Macs, Technology

How to deal with keychain problems in macOS 10.11.2 and later

Late last year, the utility for repairing keychains quietly vanished from macOS 10.11.2. No one seems to know where its functionality went.

June 18, 2016 Macs, Technology

Behind the scenes: a summary of changes in macOS Sierra

There is more to Sierra than the exciting features like Siri which were shown on stage earlier this week. Here are fuller details.

June 17, 2016 Macs, Technology

macOS Sierra will break many installers and updaters

The good news: Gatekeeper should be more protective. The bad news: old installers may well be unusable. Bah!

June 16, 2016 Macs, Technology

macOS 11 is coming, says the body language

Why is the new Apple File System called APFS? And what does it all mean? Decoding WWDC.

June 15, 2016 Macs, Technology

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