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Apple Mac Pro (2019)

Apple have finally opened their order books for the 2019 Mac Pro, and what a beast it is. Now that it's available for sale, we can see the pricing, not only on the base model, but on the upgrades as...
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The Sony PlayStation turns 25

The original PlayStation has turned 25. I spent many an hour with one of these units flying anti-gravity racers in wipEout, driving fancy sports cars in Gran Turismo and being a hyperactive bandicoot in Crash Bandicoot. Here's a trip down...
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macOS Catalina Supplemental Update

Apple have just pushed out an update to Catalina - the macOS Catalina Supplemental Update. The description is pretty vague; "The macOS Catalina Supplemental Update includes installation and reliability improvements, and is recommended for all users." The update is nearly...
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macOS Catalina File System Layout

Wow, Catalina really mixes things up with regard to the file system layout. It also introduces something called firm links, which are not symlinks nor hard links, but something akin to a union mount of two folders. This is used,...
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macOS 10.15 Catalina Released

Apple have released macOS 10.15 Catalina overnight - this is a big update that is going to break a lot of old software, so please be very careful when installing this on a production system. This update is a decent...
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