Over a month after the release of macOS Sierra 10.12.4, Apple quietly let slip the news that it […]
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When part of the mechanism which schedules and dispatches Time Machine backups fails, those backups become irregular. Here it is shown in a clear diagram.
Diagrams how a routine Time Machine backup is scheduled and dispatched using CTS and DAS.
Apple has pushed out two further updates to the security tools which come with OS X El Capitan […]
The first detailed account of how macOS Sierra runs many of its background activities, complete with a diagram.
macOS doesn’t work like it used to. With heuristic task dispatching and sensitivity to factors like quality of network service, troubleshooting can get fiendishly difficult.
Now over 20,000 words in length, content ranges from the plain and simple to detailed analysis of Sierra’s log. Free and ready for you to augment and update.
Most current strategies for detecting and dealing with malware are flawed, and cannot keep pace with new malware variants. What would be better?
If you visited the HandBrake download site between 2-6 May 2017, there is an even chance that instead […]
Why re-installing macOS is seldom a good choice to fix a problem, and what better alternatives there are.
The Eclectic Light Company 