How to discover which app ‘owns’ the mapping between a filename extension and its UTI, and whether you can do anything to fix a conflict.
Category Archive: Macs
A new file in the latest XProtect data is set to protect private data used by eight widely used third-party apps, including popular web browsers. But which version of macOS will do this?
Apple has released security updates to macOS Tahoe, bringing it to version 26.6.1, for Sequoia to 15.7.9, and […]
macOS Sequoia and Tahoe have changed the way Gatekeeper and XProtect are controlled. Can a user disable them, and if so, how? And how can you check whether both are enabled?
Apple has just released its weekly update to XProtect for all versions of macOS, bringing it to version […]
Every computer system needs a backup strategy to cope with different scales and types of disaster. How to work out what needs to be preserved, and how to do about reducing the risk of data loss.
Two command tools, lsregister and lsappinfo, are often recommended for dealing with LaunchServices problems. This summarises what they can and cannot do.
I hope you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 371. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Brown beverage […]
A macOS update has just been announced, but your Mac can’t seem to find it. Here’s what to try next, so you can bring your Mac up to date. Includes details of log entries during a normal check.
Few Macs survived the past week without an update, and for more recent models that meant two updates. Have we gone forward, and if so, where have we got to?
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