by Devin | Dec 5, 2020 | Apple, Bugs, Computers, Hardware, macOS, OS, Software, UI / UX
As I’ve used Big Sur, I have noticed Messages in the battery menu, “Using Significant Energy.” Today I discovered that Messages and potentially some other applications are occasionally activating the dGPU. I’ve also seen Automator flash to...
by Devin | Nov 13, 2020 | Apple, Computers, Hardware, macOS, OS, Software
I’ve been a Mac user since 2001, so I thought I’d take a moment to share my perspective on Apple’s recent processor transition. This addresses Apple’s next transition to its own, ARM-based silicon, and discusses how Apple has changed its...
by Devin | Nov 12, 2020 | Apple, Bugs, Computers, macOS, OS, UI / UX
The final release of Big Sur (macOS 11) appears to fix SMB issues entirely! If you recall, a security update broke SMB across 3 different OS versions a couple of months ago. The best way we’ve found to test Big Sur is a multi-boot configuration on SSD-equipped...
by Devin | Sep 24, 2020 | Apple, Bugs, Computers, macOS, OS
Sometimes software updates can ruin your day. Catalina received an update for 10.15.7 and the last three OS received security updates as well. I’m disappointed to report that after these updates, SMB (Server Message Block) protocol is broken on all three of the...
by Devin | Aug 5, 2020 | Apple, Bugs, macOS, OS, Software, UI / UX
For decades, Apple used HFS+ as its native file system. Although it was dated, it was relatively reliable, and when it wasn’t, third-party tools like DiskWarrior by Alsoft could repair corruption that Disk Utility couldn’t handle. These days, Apple has...
