Tag Archives: Macintosh

Firefox Is A Memory Hog With Memory Freeing Issues

Posted on 12 May 2018 by E.M.Smith

Adventures in Macintosh land with mini-SD card performance / size limits and FireFox excessive memory use (leak?) and Macintosh sloppy swap management… Continue reading →

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WanaCry Ransomwear Attack

Posted on 13 May 2017 by E.M.Smith

A Ransomware attack by a worm named WannaCry, exploiting an NSA hack, has taken down many NHS sites, FedEx, and a couple of Spanish and Portuguese telecoms, among others. This is a place to discuss it. Continue reading →

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Well that was fun – Mac Hell…

Posted on 4 January 2017 by E.M.Smith

A Modest Tail Of Woe with a cast of few… Me, the Mac, Spouse, The “Genius Bar”… With a bitter sweet ending… maybe. Continue reading →

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Rise Of The Mesh-ings

Posted on 23 April 2015 by E.M.Smith

A short look at Mesh Networking and how it will change the face of attempted control of electronic communications. Continue reading →

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