Mac OS

MacOS 27 Golden Gate brought with it a variety of tweaks and adjustments to the Liquid Glass interface that was first introduced in Tahoe, and overall it’s a much more refined experience with a cleaner visual aesthetic. And, new to the latest versions of MacOS from 27 onward, you can now adjust Liquid Glass to … Read More

Apple has released MacOS Tahoe 26.7.3 and MacOS Sequoia 15.8.3 as software updates for Mac users who are not running the Golden Gate operating system. The updates are said to include security patches and bug fixes, and are recommended to all users. Separately, Apple has release MacOS 27.2.1 Golden Gate, iOS 27.2.1, iPadOS 27.2.1, watchOS … Read More

MacOS 27.2.1 Golden Gate has been released by Apple as a system software update for Mac users. The update includes non-specific bug fixes and security patches, and is recommended for all Mac users running Golden Gate to install. Separately, Apple has released MacOS Tahoe 26.7.3, MacOS Sequoia 15.8.3, iOS 27.2.1, iPadOS 27.2.1, watchOS 27.2.1 update, … Read More

Apple Silicon Mac users can now install and run any Intel version of MacOS and Mac OS X directly on their modern Mac, with great performance, thanks to the Virtual Intel Mac project. Virtual Intel Mac, which has a fairly self explanatory name, allows you to run any Intel version of MacOS on a modern … Read More

You may find yourself in a situation when you need to boot into Safe Mode while troubleshooting a MacBook Air, MacBook Neo, or MacBook Pro. Safe Mode boots a Mac without loading third party login items, system extensions, and non-system fonts. Additionally, Safe Mode runs a disk check to verify the startup disk, clears system … Read More

MacOS Tahoe 26.7.2 and MacOS Sequoia 15.8.2 are available now as security software updates for Mac users who are continuing to run those operating systems. Those users will also find Safari 27.2 available as an update. These updates include hundreds of security patches and fixes making them recommended to all users who are running macOS … Read More

Apple has released MacOS 27.2 Golden Gate, the update includes new Siri AI features and support for Siri AI in additional languages, along with miscellaneous nonspecific bug fixes and security patches. Release notes are included below, along with download links for the full installer and IPSW file for MacOS 27.2. Separately, Apple has also released … Read More

I ran into a peculiar issue recently where the ‘dasd’ process had been consuming 100% CPU for several days straight. Since dasd is a system process, my initial assumption was that there must be some important background task that was going on. But, after a few days of no change and dasd constantly hovering between … Read More

Visual Intelligence offers a set of AI features that can be used to identify objects and items in photos or things on screen, and a neat new feature available in MacOS 27 Golden Gate allows you to interact with Siri and Visual Intelligence from just about anywhere on your Mac. You can use this to … Read More

The Edge Light feature of FaceTime for Mac enables a virtual ring light on your screen during FaceTime calls, which helps to more evenly illuminate your face. This is particularly useful in lower light conditions, and it can improve the appearance of a FaceTime call quite a bit. Ring Lighting is commonly used in media … Read More

You might occasionally find yourself in a situation where you need to know the IP address of a Mac. Once upon a time, in Mac OS X users could instantly see their IP address when selecting the “Network” preference panel, but that is no longer the case in modern MacOS versions that have System Settings. … Read More

If you’ve ever wanted live video wallpapers on your Mac, the Phosphene app will bring your MacOS desktop to life. But that’s not all, Phosphene is also able to add your own videos to the native wallpaper and screen saver pipeline on the Mac, letting MacOS play your own videos on both your desktop, and … Read More

The all new Siri AI and Spotlight search experience in MacOS 27 is significantly more powerful and capable than prior versions of Siri and Spotlight, but Spotlight Search has a neat trick up its sleeve where you can change it to ask ChatGPT instead, directly from Spotlight search on the Mac. And you don’t even … Read More

Homebrew now has an official MacOS GUI app for visual package management, offering a graphical alternative to the popular command line tool. The Homebrew GUI app makes it easy to install new packages, update existing packages and casks, manage packages, and find new Homebrew packages, and is a worthwhile addition for Mac users who use … Read More

A somewhat rare reason that MacOS can feel excessively slow is due to a runaway process in the background, in this particular case; rpcsvchost. You might find this in Activity Monitor or another resource monitor, consuming an unusually large amount of RAM and/or CPU, in which case you’re probably wondering what this process is, and … Read More

If you’re still running MacOS Sequoia on your Mac, it’s probably for good reason. Whether that’s due to specific app compatibility, workflow, preference, or whatever else, if you have chosen not to install MacOS 27 Golden Gate let alone MacOS Tahoe 26, you’ll likely want to continue to stay on MacOS Sequoia. But Apple’s Software … Read More

If you have an older Mac that’s still perfectly usable, as most older Macs still are, then you might be interested in running a modern web browser on that Mac, and that’s what Momiji is for. Momiji is based on Firefox, so it includes up to date security patches, and support for modern web browsing … Read More

If you don’t use Apple Intelligence and Siri AI capabilities on your Mac, and you’re comfortable with Terminal-based third party removal tools, you might be interested in disabling and removing Apple Intelligence, Siri AI, Siri, and all related tools from your Mac with a newly popular utility. A third party open source tool called RemoveMacAI … Read More