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What has changed in macOS, and why it matters

Users need to know what changes in each update to macOS, as it may fix existing bugs and introduce new ones. Here’s how I work out what has changed, and its limitations.

March 2, 2021 Macs, Technology

macOS version numbering: I’m already eating my hat

I was wrong: the first proper update to Big Sur is version 11.1, and next year we should be grappling with macOS 12.

November 18, 2020 Macs, Technology

Apple has revealed macOS version numbering following Big Sur

Which is the next ‘major’ release of macOS after Big Sur, then? Will it return to the numbering system before Mac OS X with 12.0, or 11.1?

November 5, 2020 Macs, Technology

Recover a broken document using versions, and clean versions up

Pages refuses to open the document. So how can you gain access to its previous versions?

August 18, 2020 Macs, Technology

Revisionist version 1.8 is now a Universal App

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Comprehensive utility for working with macOS document revisions, now running native on Intel and Apple Silicon Macs.

August 17, 2020 Macs, Technology, Updates

Getting more from document versions in macOS

Why documents can lose their old versions when moving them around, and what you can do to preserve them.

August 17, 2020 Macs, Technology

DeepTools version 1.4 are now Universal Apps

Three small utilities to work with the macOS version system, now running native on both Intel and Apple Silicon Macs.

August 15, 2020 Macs, Technology, Updates

Which version is that command tool?

Discovering what has been updated in a macOS update isn’t easy. In the case of command tools, it’s just impossible.

August 15, 2020 Macs, Technology

macOS version numbering isn’t so simple

If you’re running an interpreted/JIT language, Big Sur could return that it’s either 10.16 or 11.0, depending on the version of the environment.

August 13, 2020 Macs, Technology

Big Sur is both 10.16 and 11.0 – it’s official

macOS 11.0 will identify itself differently according to the SDK used, and an environment variable does the same for scripts.

July 21, 2020 Macs, Technology

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