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Thunderbolt 4 hubs can slow down fast SSDs

You pay hundreds of $$ for a high-speed Thunderbolt SSD, then connect it to a hub. Will it still deliver the same performance? Maybe not when writing.

February 21, 2023 Macs, Technology

macOS 13.2.1, authenticated restart and fdesetup

Did your Mac take a brief trip into Recovery after the 13.2.1 update? What is authenticated restart, and how could you use it? What does fdesetup do?

February 20, 2023 Macs, Technology

How Ventura is changing Login and Background Items

Current apps may need to install helper files in the main Library folder for Background Items. Ventura’s new scheme keeps everything in the app bundle.

February 16, 2023 Macs, Technology

Controlling Login and Background Items in Ventura

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Login Items can cause many unwanted notifications when you log in. Here’s how to gain control over them, including use of an undocumented command tool.

February 15, 2023 Macs, Technology

What are Ventura’s system privacy settings?

Full details of 27 subsystems in macOS that TCC gave access to CloudKit despite there being no Apple ID or iCloud account.

February 14, 2023 Macs, Technology

Apple has released an urgent security update to Ventura 13.2.1

Apple has just released an update to bring macOS Ventura to version 13.2.1. This appears to be an […]

February 13, 2023 Macs, Technology, Updates

Privacy: what TCC does and doesn’t

Untangling what in Privacy & Security is controlled by TCC, what resetting it really does, why you should do that before selecting it database, and what TCC does for iCloud.

February 10, 2023 Macs, Technology

Log literacy: all about the log

The macOS log is very different from those seen in Unix. This explains where and what log files are, how they get written, how much they store, and how quickly entries can be written.

February 8, 2023 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Why are security updates still so unreliable?

Of the 16 security software updates in the last 8 months, only 3 have installed correctly. But isn’t the purpose of the Content Caching server to make updates quicker and easier?

February 5, 2023 Macs, Technology

Apple has released an update to XProtect Remediator

Apple has just released an update to XProtect Remediator security software for Macs running Catalina or later, bringing […]

February 2, 2023 Macs, Technology, Updates

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