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How a New MacBook Pro borked an older iMac’s Bluetooth

Once a new MacBook Pro was updated to 10.13.4, it started to hammer Continuity connections to the iMac (10.12.6), which has AirPort turned off. This blew Bluetooth apart. Log extracts and more info.

April 13, 2018 Macs, Technology

High Sierra has changed Help, and broken HelpHelp

Somewhere between High Sierra 10.13 and 10.13.4, Apple has made major changes to the Help system. Unfortunately, these […]

April 12, 2018 Macs, Technology

Don’t lose versions: DeepTools preserve them wherever your docs go

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Simple tools to preserve versions in documents, whether copied to an external drive, NAS, cloud storage including iCloud and Dropbox, even sent by email.

April 11, 2018 Macs, Technology

Making macOS versions more usable

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Support for deep copying of documents, and a tool to preserve versions across iCloud Drive enable you to rely on versions in your work.

April 9, 2018 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: The trouble with iCloud Drive

Many pro users are now turning to iCloud Drive to integrate them into their work. How well does it cope? Is it ready for such demanding use?

April 8, 2018 Macs, Technology

The Current Version: fixing macOS versioning

macOS versioning is sophisticated and valuable, but let down by flaws in implementation. Can we fix some of its problems?

April 7, 2018 Macs, Technology

Inside iCloud Drive: Optimize Storage, and its bugs

How does the ‘Optimize Storage’ feature work? Indeed, does it work? A look at its confusions and a couple of bugs.

April 6, 2018 Macs, Technology

Inside iCloud Drive: Downloading

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When does macOS decide to download new and changed items in iCloud Drive? This steps through the process from decision to completion.

April 4, 2018 Macs, Technology

Inside iCloud Drive: Pushed updates, that syncing feeling

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How does macOS learn of changes which have taken place in iCloud Drive, such as the uploading of files from another system? Here the process is taken apart, and points of failure highlighted.

April 2, 2018 Macs, Technology

What to do when iCloud Drive is slow to update

You’ve uploaded files to your iCloud Drive on another system, but an hour or more later other systems can’t see them. Here’s a solution.

March 31, 2018 Macs, Technology

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