I installed some software that I wanted to quickly check out. As it turns out, it helpfully decided to install a couple of Extensions. These extensions were for hardware I don't have, nor do I plan to get. I didn't...
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Apple have finally announced a new Mac Pro and matching Pro Display at WWDC. The Mac Pro returns to the beloved "cheese-grater" form factor of years gone past and turns it up to the next level. It features a tubular...
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Over at Der Flounder there's a great article on how to manage filesystem snapshots on APFS volumes, using the Time Machine utility in Terminal - tmutil. Filesystem snapshots on APFS have grown from the capabilities of local backups, that Time...
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Reading over an article on TidBITS today, I've now discovered a new media player that may take the place of the venerable VLC Media Player. I've simply lost count of the number of years that I've been using VLC (and recommending...
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Microsoft are really stepping things up with their Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL). In the current release of Windows 10, the WSL layer has a custom-built kernel that translates Linux APIs through to Windows APIs. This translation layer should mean...
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Here's a quick fix for the Finder not displaying a thumbnail of an image for it's icon. Drop into the Terminal and type: qlmanage -r cache This resets the QuickLook cache. As QuickLook is responsible for extracting the thumbnails for...
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This is a good article to bookmark from Apple - I wasn't aware that there were different keyboard shortcuts to boot into the macOS Recovery system, and which keyboard shortcut you use will (potentially) give you different versions of macOS...
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There's a really good article over on TidBITS - What Does the T2 Chip Mean for Mac Usage. If you've wondered what the T1 and T2 security processors do in the new Macs, this article gives you a good overview...
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With no fanfare whatsoever, Apple overnight have released new iMacs. This is the first meaningful update to the lineup since June 2017 and brings them up-to-date with 8th generation Intel Core processors. Depressingly, they keep a slow, spinning 5400 RPM...
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