ResEdit changed what was in the resource fork. With Mac OS X, Apple moved away from forks to extended attributes, now used for quarantine flags and more.
Category Archive: Macs
Fixes a problem exporting log entries in CSV format, and provides information about current log length. Happy Boxing Day!
Over the last 6 months, many users have wanted to check XProtect anti-malware scans in their Mac’s log. Haven’t they been disappointed?
Here are a special Christmas weekend’s riddles to entertain you through the festivities. 1: A communist Canadian discovered […]
How does the Finder know the right app to open a file with? Or QuickLook how to preview its contents? Or other services like Spotlight know how to index and handle files? UTIs.
It’s a fair and simple question: how much free space is needed to update Ventura from 13.0 to 13.1? Is it 2.53, 12.97, 13.22, 13.56 or 14 GB?
Does your Mac’s log go back far enough to be useful, or is it full of junk? Here’s how to control what takes up space, and a new version of Mints to help.
Checking your Mac’s log assumes that the records are still there. What happens when they only last 24 hours, and you’re looking for anti-malware scans run once a day?
What’s the difference between plain text, marked-up plain text, and rich text? How can I tell them apart, and how do they work?
I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 182. Here are my solutions to them. 1: This […]
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