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.
Category Archive: Macs
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 […]
Invaluable tool for identifying and locating some problems, for troublesome updates, clearing caches and more.
It’s well over 4 years since Apple introduced notarization, but many executables still aren’t properly signed, and require the user to bypass Gatekeeper.
Here are this weekend’s riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: This cat with […]
Is reinstalling macOS still a useful solution to problems? What about installing macOS updates, or resetting the NVRAM and SMC?
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