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Last Week on My Mac: More pieces in Apple’s jigsaw puzzle

WWDC provided more pieces for the jigsaw of the Mac’s future, but there’s one significant piece still missing.

June 28, 2020 Macs, Technology

Which file systems and Cloud services preserve extended attributes?

Have you been warned not to use extended attributes because they aren’t supported beyond macOS? But they are: here are details of file systems and Cloud services.

January 12, 2018 Macs, Technology, xattr

It’s about the interface, not the technology

A whole Mac event devoted to a tiddly little Touch Bar? Has Apple lost its senses? Maybe not.

October 28, 2016 General, Macs, Technology

Last Week on my Mac: Upgrade uptake

Shipping a major new release of an operating system is a shot in the dark. Is Sierra reaching its target?

October 16, 2016 General, Macs, Technology

Endtime for QuickTime?

In 1996, QuickTime had no serious competition, was very cross-platform, elegant, and highly practical. Yet now it is dying.

April 22, 2016 General, Macs, Technology

Events, handlers, and focus: how OS X apps work

Why it takes two clicks or taps to dismiss a dialog which is not the front window in OS X, and why that is correct.

February 1, 2016 Macs, Technology

The Independent newspaper blog may have ransomware attached

If you have visited the blog section of The Independent newspaper’s website in the last few weeks, you […]

December 9, 2015 General, Macs, Technology

Q&A: Windows is a pale comparison – adjusting Boot Camp brightness

How can I adjust my Apple HD 23 inch display brightness when running Windows under Boot Camp?

November 26, 2015 Macs, Technology

Q&A: Single user in Parallels

How can I allow other users of my Mac to run Windows under Parallels?

November 12, 2015 Macs, Technology

It shouldn’t happen to an App Store

App stores are shop windows for their operating systems and host hardware. Getting them wrong is bad news for vendors.

October 31, 2015 General, Macs, Technology

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