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Last Week on My Mac: Not a PC

It’s a strange coincidence that Intel and Microsoft came up with similar hardware of P and E core types in a SoC, and identical terminology for thread allocation using QoS.

August 14, 2022 Macs, Technology

What shouldn’t you use an M1 series Mac for?

For the great majority of Mac users, M1 series Macs are a big step forward. But some users want the impossible. What can’t M1 Macs do?

February 1, 2022 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Queue-jumping, hints and deep integration

The cores in the M1 and the chip itself are thoroughly Apple designs, and work hand-in-glove with macOS using techniques like out-of-order execution and hints to optimise performance.

August 29, 2021 Macs, Technology

Are external boot disks a thing of the past?

Before Apple added T2 chips to Intel Macs, external boot disks were valuable for many users. How has that fared since?

April 13, 2021 Macs, Technology

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

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