– Image generated by Microsoft Designer AI. In the past few months, I have written four posts about macOS Sonoma bugs (a complete list is at the end of this post) because I found it unbelievable that this macOS version was released with such glaring issues in the Finder and in disk management.

– Source: Jametlene Reskp on Unsplash. As I mentioned in my last post, leaving the WordPress comfort zone wasn’t easy at all. Going from focusing solely on writing something interesting – while a team of system administrators and web programming experts handled everything else – to having to do it all by myself was a massive leap.

– Image generated by the Microsoft Designer AI. Eleven years ago, when I started writing in this personal space, I never imagined I would stick with WordPress.com for so long. WordPress.com is a convenient and reliable blogging platform, but it has always been ill-suited to my way of working. Over time, I learned to live with these limitations, but the idea of changing platforms never left my mind.

– Image generated by Flux Image AI. In the last month, the blog has been quiet, but behind the scenes, the work has been intense and will take shape in the early days of the new year. Stay tuned! In the meantime, enjoy the end-of-year celebrations, hoping that 2025 will be a year full of discoveries, growth, and happiness.

– Source: Apple Support. Experimenting can sometimes lead to issues. That’s exactly what happened to me after a failed macOS installation, which resulted in a big question mark with a prompt to visit the Mac restore page. For some years now, when a Mac is unable to boot macOS and cannot even run macOS Recovery to repair or reinstall the OS, the only way to bring it back to life is to enable DFU Mode (Device Firmware Upgrade). This mode is stored in ROM and cannot be erased under any circumstances.1

– Image generated by Microsoft Designer AI. Sonoma’s bugs never fail to surprise, and here I describe a fresh one, which luckily has been fixed in Sequoia. Take a new MacBook Air or Pro, where you’ve just installed Sonoma, or a MacBook where you erased the startup disk before installing Sonoma (what happens when simply updating from a previous version might be different).

I’m not the kind of guy that longs for the “good old days” which, in truth, weren’t that great anyway. Life expectancy was twenty years shorter than it is today, infant mortality was high, and those who survived aged faster – people in their fifties already looked elderly. Food may have been more natural, but it was scarce, forget year-round meat and fish. In some parts of Italy, winter diet consisted mostly of polenta and little else. Homes were cold in winter, and cars turned into ovens in summer. And the list could go on.

– Image generated by Microsoft Designer AI. “You should take a look at the hair dryer; the cord is damaged,” my wife tells me. I immediately think of the usual issue: the protective sheath near the strain relief is damaged. A perfect opportunity to try out that pack of Sugru-like putty I haven’t opened yet, hoping I grabbed the black one.

I’m always baffled when I hear English expressions thrown around in the corporate world, just to sound trendy or smarter (if only that were true!). From the legendary smart working instead of remote work or working from home, terms used by actual Brits and Americans,1 to location, briefing, trend, target, brand, performance, challenge, not to mention the number one, my absolute favorite, team building.

– Source: Jonas Jacobsson on Unsplash. Medium is arguably the best online publishing platform, where anyone can publish articles of any length on any topic, ranging from advanced science and technology themes to journalistic reports and personal life stories. The platform’s vastness requires personalization according to your preferences, so you can view only relevant content and ignore the rest. But even following only what interests you can be demanding: the newsletter Medium sends me every morning always contains at least 4-5 articles I can’t help but read and often share with colleagues or friends.