Tag: macOS

All the articles with the tag "macOS".

• Apple Silicon M1: A Developer's Perspective

  Published: 28 Nov, 2020

  • 8 min read

  A comprehensive evaluation of the M1 MacBook Air as a development machine, covering Xcode performance, compatibility issues, and the transition challenges for developers.

• Forbidden Controls in Catalyst: Optimize Interface for Mac

  Published: 22 Sep, 2020

  • 7 min read

  Investigating why certain UIKit controls throw runtime exceptions in Catalyst's 'Optimize Interface for Mac' mode and discovering which controls are forbidden.

• The State of SwiftUI

  Published: 13 Sep, 2020

  • 7 min read

  Testing SwiftUI's production readiness in iOS 14 and macOS Big Sur through Apple's Fruta sample app, revealing performance issues and platform-specific limitations.

• Logging in Swift

  Published: 24 Aug, 2020

  • 15 min read

  An in-depth exploration of Apple's unified logging system and the promising OSLogStore API that Apple removed from iOS 14 at the last minute.

• Updating macOS on a Hackintosh

  Published: 1 Jun, 2020

  • 5 min read

  A practical guide to safely updating macOS on a Hackintosh by first updating OpenCore bootloader and essential kexts before upgrading the system.

• The Great Mac Catalyst Text Input Crash Hunt

  Published: 29 May, 2020

  • 8 min read

  Deep-dive investigation and fix for a Mac Catalyst text input crash caused by a race condition in Apple's RemoteTextInput framework.

• Network Kernel Core Dump

  Published: 21 May, 2020

  • 2 min read

  Step-by-step instructions from Apple for capturing macOS kernel core dumps over a network connection between two Macs.

• How to macOS Core Dump

  Published: 21 May, 2020

  • 4 min read

  A technical guide to deciphering Apple's cryptic boot arguments and setting up macOS kernel core dumps to debug persistent kernel panics.

• Kernel Panics and Surprise boot-args

  Published: 20 May, 2020

  • 4 min read

  Investigation into mysterious kernel panics reveals Apple repair centers left my MacBook with undocumented security-weakening boot arguments.

• The LG UltraFine 5K, kernel_task, and Me

  Published: 18 May, 2020

  • 9 min read

  A four-year saga with the problematic LG UltraFine 5K display and the surprising discovery that plugging it into the wrong MacBook side causes performance issues.