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How macOS has become more private

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Frameworks provide much of the macOS API. Over the last 5 years, the percentage of Private Frameworks has risen from 76% to 84%. Why is macOS becoming more private?

January 2, 2025 Macs, Technology

triald is all about Machine Learning

How Apple and third-party developers can update the apps you use without your being aware, even if you have automatic updates disabled.

April 6, 2022 Macs, Technology

Digging deeper into Trial using Mints

Mints gains a new tool to examine the activities of triald and trial in the Unified log. Here’s a quick survey of what happens in a quiet day.

April 4, 2022 Macs, Technology, Updates

Mints now opens up access to Visual Look Up

Not only does this version of Mints extract information from the log detailing what happens during Visual Look Up, but it includes it own browser window to look up with.

March 22, 2022 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Is Look Up destined for CSAM?

Remember Apple’s failed attempt to detect CSAM in images? Would that have been similar to the way that Visual Look Up works? Is this the thin end of the wedge?

March 20, 2022 Macs, Technology

What has changed in macOS 10.15.6?

The Mail app has had a major increment in build number, and there are new versions of Music, News, Stocks, TV and Safari.

July 16, 2020 Macs, Technology

WWDC: Fix the existing before launching the new

New toys expected include Siri for OS X, and OS X 10.12. Those should really please users with Macs that keep freezing, and bricked iPad Pros.

June 5, 2016 General, Macs, Technology

Opening access: entering text without a keyboard

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A thorough account of Dictation in El Capitan, and how you can use your Mac despite having RSI, etc.

December 3, 2015 Macs, Technology

Novel use of a very old ‘attack’: voice injection of Siri commands

It is always good to hear of new dogs learning old tricks, and how to apply them to […]

October 18, 2015 Macs, Technology
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