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Yosemite

Six years on from Yosemite to Big Sur

Haven’t Macs and macOS changed over the last six years? Here are fictitious diary entries to illustrate the deep-seated changes.

July 24, 2021 Macs, Technology

Is this the longest-running bug in macOS?

For around 5 years, if not longer, the Finder has suffered from an obvious bug which disrupts the workflow. Will Mojave fix it?

July 6, 2018 Macs, Technology

New Mac malware: Fruitfly, or OSX.Backdoor.Quimitchin

Malwarebyte Labs has just reported newly-detected malware which can affect most versions of OS X / macOS, and […]

January 18, 2017 General, Macs, Technology

macOS Sierra 10.12.2 and security updates (updated)

macOS Sierra 10.12.2 update was made available through the App Store today, and accompanied by much more detailed […]

December 13, 2016 Macs, Technology

Apple burns your boats: the vanishing of OS X

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Mavericks, Yosemite, El Capitan, and Sierra have been free, until the release of the next major version, when they become priceless for some users.

October 10, 2016 General, Macs, Technology

(When) should you upgrade to macOS Sierra?

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The dust is settling: should you install Sierra, wait a bit longer, or not at all?

October 8, 2016 Macs, Technology

OS X Security Update 2016-001: it is really OS X 10.11.6.1

Apple released an important, if not compelling, security update to OS X El Capitan 10.11.6 and Yosemite 10.10.5, […]

September 2, 2016 General, Macs, Technology

OS X 10.11.3 update (updated), and Security Update 2016-001

Apple has just released the update to El Capitan, bringing it to OS X 10.11.3, which is available […]

January 19, 2016 Macs, Technology

Backing up your laptop: Time Machine local snapshots

Is it a good idea to let your laptop back itself up to its startup drive?

January 1, 2016 Macs, Technology

Third party support for CoreStorage: disk repair and other utilities

Do third-party disk tools work with Fusion Drives, or are you stuck with just Disk Utility?

December 29, 2015 Macs, Technology

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