Golden Gate is bringing more than AI. Here are some of the improvements already detailed, some cautions to be aware of, notes on running GG in a VM, Intel support info, and an app update.

How this expresses file sizes, which data it includes, the difference between KB and KiB, how to view more of a file's metadata, and more.

I hope you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 363. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Apparition in […]

Does Lockdown Mode stop writing location metadata to all new images captured by the camera, or does it merely remove it from those photos that are shared?

Apple is addicted to naming features and subsystems in its operating systems, and has named each major version of Mac OS X since Cheetah. Is it seriously intending to leave macOS 27 without a name?

Here are this weekend’s Mac riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: Apparition in […]

Without GPS and cellular connections in iPhones, Macs have a more limited choice of methods for estimating their location. Most important and accurate information comes from nearby Wi-Fi access points.

How to find and use the Finder's Get Info sibling, the Inspector, how to make exact duplicates, a free slideshow without Keynote, and an Easter Egg.

Presents various ways to prevent location data from being revealed to others when sharing or using images created on an iPhone and similar. This is not just for privacy, but to ensure your safety.

My scratch writing file turned out to have a total of 3,702 versions saved in the macOS database. Archiving them all required changes to Versatility, in this new version.

Apple has released its regular weekly update to XProtect for all versions of macOS, bringing it to version […]

Eight BSD flags are available in APFS to lock files, hide them, and restrict them in other ways. None of them synced correctly in iCloud Drive, and four caused other problems.

Apple has just released a patch update to macOS Tahoe to bring it to version 26.5.1. This “addresses […]

I hope you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 362. Here are my solutions to them. 1: From -12:00 […]

Although included in Privacy & Security settings, it has nothing to do with TCC or tccutil, but is run largely by its own service locationd. This is what it does, and how to control it.

macOS Tahoe is about to be replaced. After 8 months of improvements to rectify problems in its redesigned interface, what has changed, and is that sufficient to upgrade from Sequoia?

Here are this weekend’s Mac riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: From -12:00 […]

How to use the Finder's Lock feature, and as the Immutable flag in Terminal. What its effects are, and how well it's retained. How iCloud Drive can't cope with it, and how you can use it in your own lightweight versioning system.

How to investigate an app that crashes when starting up, using log entries. Includes detailed instructions for one of the simplest adventures in the log, and a summary of code signature errors.

When a can only run for a moment, it might seem hard to work out why it crashes. Here are useful clues from the crash log and elsewhere to help you get the app running properly.

Apple has released its regular weekly update to XProtect for all versions of macOS, bringing it to version […]

Some background tasks will only run when a laptop Mac is connected to mains (AC) power. This is also true for XProtect Remediator scans. What can you do to ensure these are still run?

Not sure which Retina quality displays you can use with your Apple silicon Mac? This site has all the answers and more.

When you need to check what's in a potential phishing email, run a locked-down virtual machine for safety, as explained here.

I hope you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 361. Here are my solutions to them. 1: This second […]

Spotlight can't index the contents of document versions to make them searchable. How you can change that and save having to browse those versions when you need to recover old content.

Spotlight fails to index the content of text files starting with odd characters like 'LG' and 'Draw', Although we understand this is caused by checking the file type using file(1), this suggests an explanation of why it should do that. And whether it will ever get fixed for Intel Macs.

Here are this weekend’s Mac riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: This second […]

If generating QuickLook thumbnails and previews, and indexing metadata for Spotlight, depend on UTIs, how come they tolerate misleading file extensions? A simple practical demo.

You realise that a few hours ago you trashed an important file by accident. How can you search your Time Machine backups without looking through them one at a time?