Dec 01 2021
In 2015 Apple described El Capitan as… “OS X El Capitan improves system performance across your Mac, making many of the things you do everyday faster and more responsive.” How things change! El Capitan, 10.11, hasn’t been supported for over a year now but that hasn’t stopped people from continuing to use it everyday sometimes …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.macservicesact.com.au/friends-dont-let-friends-use-el-capitan/
Aug 13 2021
It wasn’t that long ago that a computer was considered ‘past it’ by its 5th birthday. I myself often used to say that computers age like dogs but in light of recent trends I think perhaps I ought to amend this to computers age like small dogs. It’s not uncommon for us to upgrade a …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.macservicesact.com.au/high-sierra-is-getting-the-chop/
Oct 07 2020
Apple, or rather a European security firm, recently announced that Apple’s T2 chip (the one that handles security) has a fundamental flaw. This flaw leaves the chip subject to attack and can allow key loggers and other snooping applications to be installed. This is bad news and what is worse it cannot be patched. Because …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.macservicesact.com.au/your-newish-mac-is-exposed/
Sep 24 2019
If you have an Apple Watch AND an iMac that is 6 years old or younger you might be missing a trick. You know how you hate passwords? How do secretly dream of meeting the guy who invented computer passwords (Dr Corbato) in a dark alley. Well, just imagine that there might be a way …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.macservicesact.com.au/do-you-have-an-apple-watch-try-this/
Jul 17 2019
Not that I needed another reason to hate Chrome and wish it nothing but harm but along comes a very interesting article about how Chrome is secretly tracking everything you do… despite your best efforts to stop it. Like everything else that Google does, Chrome is something that is designed to look as pretty as …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.macservicesact.com.au/chrome-dont-use-it/
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