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How macOS runs background activities: 1 From within an app

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The first detailed account of how macOS Sierra runs many of its background activities, complete with a diagram.

May 13, 2017 Macs, Technology

Taking a clearer look into deepest macOS: DispatchView 0.2b1

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Improvements to help you see the wood from the trees in your logs.

May 12, 2017 Macs, Technology

Taking a peek into deepest macOS: DispatchView first beta

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Has Time Machine started to make irregular backups? Are apps stalling at odd times? This could be just the tool to find out why.

May 10, 2017 Macs, Technology

Conventions and Standards for Mac Articles

Information for anyone reading articles about Macs here, and an introduction to dealing with their problems.

April 17, 2017 Macs, Technology

Where is that app? – a brief index to bundled tools in Sierra

A listing of the locations of all those apps and utilities which you can never seem to find when you want them. Also covers command tools.

April 12, 2017 Macs, Technology

Troubleshooting Sierra: an overview of tools and techniques

After a near-panic and interminable spin, it proved impossible to get useful diagnostic information. Here are some tools and techniques which should still be useful.

September 24, 2016 Macs, Technology

A version too far

Versioning reflects some of Apple’s worst corporate auntiness. We need more self-determination.

July 29, 2015 Macs, Technology

Q&A: Finder queries

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How can I rid my Finder windows of question marks which have accumulated in their toolbar?

July 24, 2015 Macs, Technology

Learning from the Masters

Why not buck the system today? Try out a new application, and become the master of your tools instead of being a slave to them.

May 29, 2015 General, Macs, Painting, Technology

Now I can find it: a utility for running hidden tools in Yosemite

A little utility to locate and run the many hidden tools in OS X 10.10 Yosemite.

May 5, 2015 Macs

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