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Last Week on My Mac: Deleting the SSV to free space

The industry has cut out the middleman and destroyed the support pyramid, in which trained staff in dealers addressed minor issues.

May 8, 2022 Macs, Technology

Why doesn’t Apple formally support old macOS?

Although it’s attractive that Apple should make its macOS support commitment explicit, it has reasons to avoid doing so. Would it really bring users any benefit?

January 21, 2022 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Silence isn’t golden

As Apple silently drops Mojave’s support, it releases a security update to iOS 12, which was originally released a week before Mojave. And its entire AirPort range also seems unsupported now.

September 26, 2021 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Support, dependence, control

Apple seldom posts Support Notes to guide many users to solve problems, but prefers them to access Apple Support one at a time. Why this inefficiency?

November 1, 2020 Macs, Technology

SilentKnight and LockRattler: A Masterclass

Why use them, which to use, what to do with large updates, how to avoid downloading some updates, how they work, error messages, and where to find more info.

October 9, 2020 Macs, Technology

Dintch Support

This page is for your support questions and comments on my free file integrity checker Dintch. Full details, […]

March 25, 2020 Macs, Technology

Ulbow Support

This page is for your support questions and comments on my free log browser Ulbow. Full details, current […]

December 29, 2019 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Help revised

The Mac is now in a documentation crisis. Documentation debt is leaving many Mac users floundering around in the dark.

December 1, 2019 Macs, Technology

Scrub Support

This page is for your support questions and comments on my free tool Scrub. Full details, current versions, […]

September 11, 2019 Macs, Technology

Keychain Utility Support

This page is for your support questions and comments on my free utilities KeychainCheck and KeychainCheck2. Full details, […]

August 29, 2019 Macs, Technology

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