Apple’s Mail, Notes ad other apps now use Core Spotlight, which protects the privacy of their data, but stops search apps from doing their job. And worse.
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Apple has just pushed two updates, to the data files used by XProtect, bringing its version number to […]
EasyFind, Find Any File and HoudahSpot compared, and tested against a wide range of search targets. The results are surprising.
No longer do you need to fiddle around pre-installing preference files, and each app can now reset its preferences to the defaul
It would be much easier if the log contained entries detailing the loading of extensions. Instead, there are long gaps. This explores how you can use those in diagnosing problems.
The update to macOS 11.2 is similar in size to the previous update from 11.0.1 to 11.1: around […]
Apple has just released Big Sur update to version 11.2, which is available now for both Intel and […]
I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 84. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Tooth, […]
Use the log show command, Ulbow or Consolation to browse your M1 Mac booting, and they can fail to show tens of thousands of log entries. How to work around this bug in 11.1.
Fifteen years ago, when we first got Spotlight search, we were more concerned with finding our documents rather than preventing others from reading their contents. Why?
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