Major macOS releases from Sierra to Ventura, with full details of each release and security update. Also updates to XProtect, MRT and Gatekeeper.
For a systematic compilation of links to articles here about Apple silicon Macs, M1, M2, M3 and M4 […]
If you don’t want any of their services, you can turn Siri off in its settings, and disable indexing and search in Spotlight settings. Or you can use mdutil, if you know its limitations.
Watermills by Jacob van Ruisdael and Meindert Hobbema, and a selection of windmills by Rembrandt, Jan van Goyen, and a later copy by John Constable.
When I started my Mac up, its external backup storage was present as expected, but couldn’t be opened. It turned out that Time Machine had stopped backing up after 12:35 the previous day, but hadn’t reported the problem.
Later examples as it declined in popularity, from David Teniers the Younger, Gerard ter Borch, and most recently from Claude-Joseph Vernet and Joseph Stella.
Although Sequoia and Tahoe have restrictions on what can connect to local network addresses, most everyday features are exempted. This explains what you need to know in case you come across one of its privacy prompts.
These became popular in the late 16th century, with fine examples from Lavinia Fontana, Paul Bril, Jan Brueghel the Elder, and Adam Elsheimer.
Will now list apps installed on systems running with primary languages other than English. Problems resulted from unexpected behaviour of Spotlight and search with mdfind, as explained here in detail.
The 101st story, buried in the start of the fourth day, about a father who turns hermit with his young son after his wife’s early death, and a derived fable told by La Fontaine.
I hope you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 342. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Reproduce flour […]
What can you do to protect your Mac when a stranger asks you to take a look at a document or app? Two alternatives for doing this is safety, rather than risk being victim to a phishing attack.
The Eclectic Light Company 