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Month: December 2017

xattr: com.apple.metadata:kMDItemWhereFroms, origin of downloaded file

Records the original URL from which a file was downloaded. Valuable for establishing the origins of files.

December 21, 2017 xattr

xattr: com.apple.metadata:kMDItemCopyright, records copyright info

Contains arbitrary copyright information which remains ‘sticky’ and is not stripped when most metadata are removed from files.

December 20, 2017 xattr

Seeing History: Every picture tells two stories

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We’re easily convinced of the reality of 2D images – as when early audiences panicked as the Lumières’ train ran at them in a movie. How has our exposure to pictures changed, though?

December 20, 2017 General, Life, Painting, Technology

Finder Info: how Sierra and High Sierra remember Classic Mac OS

The Desktop and Finder illusions rely on files having a type and creator, and an icon association. These were kept in the Desktop Database, and are now the responsibility of Launch Services.

December 20, 2017 Macs, Technology, xattr

xattr: com.apple.LaunchServices.OpenWith, sets a custom app to open a file

Used to override the global mapping for any given file type, this reflects the Finder’s individual setting for a document.

December 20, 2017 xattr

xattr: com.apple.FinderInfo, information for the Finder

Contains the legacy file type and creator information dating back to Classic Mac OS, plus 24 bytes of undocumented flags. Very common.

December 19, 2017 xattr

In the Angels’ Kitchen: Murillo’s 400th anniversary, 2

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As his style became more distinctive, he painted fine religious set-pieces, and some superb and enigmatic secular works.

December 19, 2017 General, Life, Painting

Why are there problems backing up Photos Libraries?

Running High Sierra? Do you keep your Photos Library on an external drive? Do you realise that backing it up using Time Machine is likely to be a waste of time?

December 19, 2017 Macs, Technology

Changing Stories: Ovid’s Metamorphoses on canvas, 65 – Periclymenus and the Death of Achilles

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A curious short tale of an unfortunate death, then the divine conspiracy which led to the death of its greatest warrior, Achilles, in the Trojan War. More Rubens…

December 18, 2017 General, Language, Life, Painting

Are we there yet? LockRattler 4.1b4 is the first final candidate

Now offers three different ways of checking for updates, which should be compatible with El Capitan, Sierra, and High Sierra.

December 18, 2017 Macs, Technology

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