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Has Sierra’s Time Machine changed to backup on demand?

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Are your backups made every hour? Are you sure? Sierra might have become smarter as to how often it backs up.

October 3, 2016 Macs, Technology

Last Week on my Mac: changing diagnostics

Traditional logs occupy too much space, contain unstructured information, impose overhead on all processes, and are badly cluttered.

October 2, 2016 Macs, Technology

Apple pushes out silent updates to XProtect and MRT

Apple pushed out silent updates to the hidden security protection built into Sierra and El Capitan on 1 […]

October 2, 2016 Macs, Technology

Using the logs in Sierra: some practical tips

How can you look for error messages preceding an app crashing, or when your Mac panicked and automatically restarted?

October 1, 2016 Macs, Technology

Sierra, wide colourspaces, and browser engines

Colour gets simpler and better in Sierra, except of course when it comes to the web. Have you had any odd colour glitches?

September 30, 2016 General, Macs, Painting, Technology

Welcome to macOS Sierra’s new Console: it’s buried in Terminal

So how do you check your logs to see if backups have been made correctly? Forget Console – you’ve got to use Terminal.

September 29, 2016 Macs, Technology

Known bugs in macOS Sierra 10.12: an incomplete summary

This list will be maintained throughout this initial release of macOS Sierra. There are still some golden oldies to enjoy.

September 28, 2016 Macs, Technology

Which blog authoring app?

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This blog has over 1800 articles, and my offline authoring app is struggling, regularly bringing my Mac to its knees. There must be a better solution.

September 28, 2016 General, Macs, Technology

Installing and removing software in Sierra

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How can you install older drivers or other software on a new Sierra system? Some practical tips for working through SIP and security protection.

September 27, 2016 Macs, Technology

Last Week on my Mac: Sierra, early impressions

The release of Sierra seems to have gone smoothly. Was it really a major release, though? What does it get wrong? What about third party support?

September 25, 2016 General, Macs, Technology

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