As the web exploded in size, early curated directories were replaced by search engines. These were revolutionised by Google’s PageRank for popularity, and are now being replaced by AI overviews.
Category Archive: Macs
If you’re still using an Intel Mac, do you know when its macOS support will end? Is it worth upgrading any more when most of the new features are for Apple silicon Macs?
Four little utilities now compatible with macOS Tahoes, covering repair of Finder aliases, creating test sparse files and checking special file types, looking up UTI types, and analysing language.
Some time in the next week or two, Apple is expected to release its first public beta of […]
Apple has just released an update to XProtect for all supported versions of macOS, bringing it to version […]
How to stop yourself mistakenly pressing the keyboard shortcut to quit an app (Command-Q) when all you want to do is close a window (Command-W).
I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 314. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Expedition […]
Wrangle Unicode normalisation, discover all the app extensions in your Mac, browse the log with nanosecond times, and preserve documents versions when moving them.
To avoid your app’s icon going into the sin bin, replace it with one generated by Icon Composer. But that in turn requires overhauling some windows, and there’s a catch in NSLog waiting to get you.
Here are this weekend’s Mac riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: Expedition for […]
The Eclectic Light Company 