Colour managed export preset for Final Cut on Studio Display 2 [Test copy 7-36455]
Took a while to stop the washed-out look on export. Settings in the body.
1180
0
PSA: 27.1 quietly changed how login items are listed
If a helper vanished from Login Items after updating, it moved rather than broke. System Settings splits background items from login items now.
604
1
Colour managed export preset for Final Cut on Studio Display 2 [Test copy 15-18151]
Took a while to stop the washed-out look on export. Settings in the body.
1180
0
Studio Display 2 firmware fixes the 120 Hz handshake on third-party docks [Test copy 26-98748]
example.com OpenSix months of 60 Hz on a dock that advertised 120. Finally sorted.
1205
0
Colour managed export preset for Final Cut on Studio Display 2 [Test copy 37-18540]
Took a while to stop the washed-out look on export. Settings in the body.
1180
0
Time Machine stuck on "Preparing backup" after 27.1 — here is the fix that worked [Test copy 40-34780]
Backup sat at Preparing for nine hours on a clean install. Disk Utility reported no errors and Console showed nothing useful. What fixed it: unmount the drive, delete the `.inProgress` bundle at the root of the backup v…
871
3
Rosetta 2 is still doing a lot of quiet work in 2026
Ran a survey of what actually launches under translation on my machines. It is more than I expected, especially audio plugins.
513
1
Nine Mac utilities that replaced my whole subscription stack [Test copy 26-85470]
Everything here is native, none of it is Electron, and all of it survives an OS upgrade. I have been trimming for a year and this is what stuck.
388
1
Time Machine stuck on "Preparing backup" after 27.1 — here is the fix that worked [Test copy 12-75554]
Backup sat at Preparing for nine hours on a clean install. Disk Utility reported no errors and Console showed nothing useful. What fixed it: unmount the drive, delete the `.inProgress` bundle at the root of the backup v…
871
3
Nine Mac utilities that replaced my whole subscription stack [Test copy 43-26046]
Everything here is native, none of it is Electron, and all of it survives an OS upgrade. I have been trimming for a year and this is what stuck.
388
1
The new Login Items panel in 27.1, for anyone still on 27.0
Marked as a spoiler because some people want to find it themselves.
421
0
The new Login Items panel in 27.1, for anyone still on 27.0 [Test copy 30-86158]
Marked as a spoiler because some people want to find it themselves.
421
0
Nine Mac utilities that replaced my whole subscription stack
Everything here is native, none of it is Electron, and all of it survives an OS upgrade. I have been trimming for a year and this is what stuck.
388
1
PSA: 27.1 quietly changed how login items are listed [Test copy 35-52005]
If a helper vanished from Login Items after updating, it moved rather than broke. System Settings splits background items from login items now.
604
1
PSA: 27.1 quietly changed how login items are listed [Test copy 29-12943]
If a helper vanished from Login Items after updating, it moved rather than broke. System Settings splits background items from login items now.
604
1
PSA: 27.1 quietly changed how login items are listed [Test copy 44-14958]
If a helper vanished from Login Items after updating, it moved rather than broke. System Settings splits background items from login items now.
604
1
Nine Mac utilities that replaced my whole subscription stack [Test copy 37-65935]
Everything here is native, none of it is Electron, and all of it survives an OS upgrade. I have been trimming for a year and this is what stuck.
388
1
Homebrew on Apple silicon: the prefix question, answered properly [Test copy 39-40666]
Short answer: /opt/homebrew, and stop fighting it. Long answer, with the cases where /usr/local still matters, below.
733
1
The new Login Items panel in 27.1, for anyone still on 27.0 [Test copy 23-48187]
Marked as a spoiler because some people want to find it themselves.
421
0
The new Login Items panel in 27.1, for anyone still on 27.0 [Test copy 19-31225]
Marked as a spoiler because some people want to find it themselves.
421
0