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How macOS opens a file in the correct app

Details of the chain of information, from the UTI of the file to be opened, through LaunchServices’ database of document types. How to deal with problems.

April 10, 2024 Macs, Technology

Reading visual art: 127 Mouse

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The humble mouse seen in Millais’ portrait of Cinderella, Klimt’s Fable, still life paintings, and an illustration by the artist who died with Captain Scott.

April 9, 2024 General, Life, Painting

Which external drives have Trim and SMART support?

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This has become more complex with increasingly popular hybrid drives that support USB4/Thunderbolt and fall back to USB 3.x.

April 9, 2024 Macs, Technology

Changing Paintings: 14 Death of Pentheus

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Pentheus pours scorn on the cult of the new god Bacchus, son of Semele. When interrupts revels, he is torn apart by his own mother and aunts, as foretold by Tiresias.

April 8, 2024 General, Life, Painting

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 250

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 250. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Roman […]

April 8, 2024 General, Macs, Technology

APFS: Snapshots

What’s in an APFS snapshot, and how the stages in its life-cycle work, from creation, through mounting and unmounting, to deletion and cleanup.

April 8, 2024 Macs, Technology

Blossom festival 2024: 20th century

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Concluded with paintings from Willard Metcalf, Pierre Bonnard, JW Waterhouse, Nikolai Astrup, Paul Nash and others.

April 7, 2024 General, Life, Painting

Last Week on My Mac: SwiftUI wrangling

SwiftUI is almost five years old. Following experience porting an AppKit app for macOS to SwiftUI, it still has a long way to go. Here’s the current state of play.

April 7, 2024 Macs, Technology

Blossom festival 2024: 19th century

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This is the time to get out and admire the blossom on the trees, with the aid of Samuel Palmer, Millais, Millet, Sisley, and above all Vincent van Gogh.

April 6, 2024 General, Life, Painting

Saturday Mac riddles 250

Here are this weekend’s Mac riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: Roman CCL […]

April 6, 2024 General, Macs, Technology

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