When a file’s permissions are set to allow the user to write to it, but an app testing whether the file is writable is told that it isn’t.
Category Archive: Macs
How to get all sorts of useful information about a running app or process from LaunchServices: and introduction to using lsappinfo.
Unique because Location Services isn’t managed by TCC, but by its own locationd service, and is invariably shared in iCloud.
I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 36. Here are my solutions to them. 1: startup […]
Do you have VMs or other large files, and use Time Machine for backups? Here’s how to make those backups quicker and more compact.
Is 3rd party malware protection almost worthless for the reasonably careful Mac user? What parallels can we draw with the Coronavirus?
Here are this weekend’s riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: Whether a tone, […]
The fine line between precision and obscurity examined in the Finder, against Apple’s Style Guide, and its accuracy. And what does HD stand for?
Can now explain what is wrong with a file’s permissions, and can scan any folder of you choice.
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.
The Eclectic Light Company 