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Category Archive: Macs

Still struggling with permissions? Try PermissionScanner 1.7

Can now explain what is wrong with a file’s permissions, and can scan any folder of you choice.

February 28, 2020 Macs, Technology, Updates

Finder still thinks this Mac’s got a hard disk, and won’t set Preview Options

Three Finder bugs in 10.15.3, from the plain silly to infuriating. Every Mac still has a hard disk, Preview Options that don’t work, and a very old fiend.

February 27, 2020 Macs, Technology

T2M2 version 1.14 is more forgiving

One small change: you no longer need to press Tab or Enter to set the time period.

February 26, 2020 Macs, Technology, Updates

Locating a problem in the log using Ulbow 1.1b3

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Now feature-complete, this version has powerful tools to help you locate significant events to the second and better.

February 26, 2020 Macs, Technology, Updates

Beyond Time Machine: 1 Deciding what you need

Changing to an SSD RAID system forced me to rethink what I needed to back up and when, rather than just leaving to Time Machine.

February 25, 2020 Macs, Technology

Apple is working on a developer cloud

In a public recruitment advert, Apple has effectively announced that it’s developing new cloud-based services for third-party developers. […]

February 24, 2020 Macs, Technology

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 35

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 35. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Lightning […]

February 24, 2020 Macs, Technology

Scrub version 1.1 shouldn’t crash on Catalina

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Fixes a bug which could cause the app to crash when starting to run an audit.

February 24, 2020 Macs, Technology, Updates

A more complex algorithm should make PermissionScanner 1.6 more reliable

New and more reliable version of a tool to check whether Home folder permissions are correct or causing problems.

February 24, 2020 Macs, Technology, Updates

Last Week on My Mac: Quantum permissions?

Q: Can an app running from this user account read/write this file? It should be simple to answer, but reality isn’t as kind.

February 23, 2020 Macs, Technology

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