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Last Week on My Mac: Five Tahoe bugs

Normally, the x.1 update fixes many of the bugs from the first release. But in Tahoe, a crop of fresh bugs have been included. Here are some of them, and how they have arisen.

November 16, 2025 Macs, Technology

How the Clock hoards timers until it breaks

If you use Timers in the Clock app a lot, after a while the app may stop working and show a blank view. This is the result of a service hoarding old timers to its property list.

November 14, 2025 Macs, Technology

Big guns for Tahoe problems: which radical fixes still work?

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Which problem-solving techniques are still available in macOS Tahoe? While Intel Macs still have a few, Apple silicon Macs don’t have many left.

November 11, 2025 Macs, Technology

How to install security updates without upgrading to Tahoe

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Want to stay running Sequoia or earlier? Want to install security updates such as XProtect data as well? Here’s how to do that without risking being upgraded unintentionally.

November 10, 2025 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Tahoe 26.1 disappointments

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Two big disappointments: the new Liquid Glass control does nothing to address the problems, and Background Security Improvements haven’t learned from mistakes with RSRs.

November 9, 2025 Macs, Technology

How Tahoe 26.1 has enabled automatic security updates

If you have updated your Mac to Tahoe 26.1, you may be blissfully unaware that it will now […]

November 6, 2025 Macs, Technology

Appearance revisited: Get Tahoe 26.1 looking in better shape

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Light or Dark appearance? Liquid Glass Clear or Tinted? Reduce Transparency or Increase Contrast? Pick an Icon & Widget Style too. All illustrated.

November 5, 2025 Macs, Technology

Early bugs in macOS Tahoe 26.1: VMs and Finder Services

VMs running 26.1 can’t access iCloud and related services, with no workaround. Finder Services below an item’s thumbnail don’t work.

November 4, 2025 Macs, Technology

What has changed in macOS 26.1 Tahoe?

Download size varies widely. There are many increases in build numbers, fewer in versions. Here are firmware details, links to release notes, and some tantalising observations in the update.

November 4, 2025 Macs, Technology, Updates

Apple has released macOS 26.1 Tahoe, and security updates to 15.7.2 and 14.8.2

Apple has just released macOS 26.1 Tahoe, together with security updates for Sequoia to bring it to 15.7.2, […]

November 3, 2025 Macs, Technology, Updates

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