Apple has released an update to XProtect for all versions of macOS, bringing it to version 5341; the […]
Category Archive: Macs
Although easy to add to documents, Finder comments work strangely, and can prove fragile. They can also be used to conceal malicious code by steganography, but there are better options.
I hope you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 357. Here are my solutions to them. 1: John’s afterword […]
Everything you need to know about how to have fun with this Easter Egg, which is even better in more recent versions of macOS.
For the first 17 years, Macs got by perfectly well without a command line. Apple’s server admin apps featured extensive GUIs, and saved admins from using Terminal. But now even Apple tells folk to practise for ClickFix.
Here are this weekend’s Mac riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: John’s afterword […]
How AFP and SMB enable access to shares on servers, early problems with SMB on Macs, printer access, and limitations with APFS special files.
Introduced in Mac OS X 10.4 to extend resource forks, they have flourished since. Explains their storage, how they persist or don’t, with an appendix explaining their flags.
We are under warning that macOS 27 is likely to remove support for AFP, and lately some additional requirements for connection to certain servers. This explains how these could affect you.
Since macOS Mojave, macOS has had deep support for natural languages beyond English. Although Nalaprop demonstrates some of its features, it could do much more now. Should it?
