Apple has pushed two updates overnight, to the ‘Yara’ data files used by XProtect, bringing its version number […]
Category Archive: Macs
TextEdit will happily trash an HTML file when you convert it to text – without any good reason, other than an engineer not being familiar with macOS.
Presenting two or more versions of the same text close together is a challenge. Here’s how I arrived at one solution, and implemented it.
Ever wished you could read an original and translation of text right next to one another? Now you can do it easily in this new version.
The Books app demonstrates how stultified is the approach to text on computers. It’s carefully engineered to work like a book, not to bring any new powers to text or reading.
All I wanted was a black and yellow chequered flag to signify quarantine. I thought the emoji was even better – a yellow reminder ribbon. How wrong I was.
Second of two, here looking at quarantine of documents, what it means, how it occurs. Much more common than apps, but mysterious.
Apple now has two recall programs for AC wall plug adaptors. Check all your Apple-supplied power adaptors to […]
First of two articles – this looking at how quarantine works for apps and other executables, details of the flag itself, how it behaves, and more.
Is notarization just ‘security theatre’? How easy would it be to distribute malware through a legitimate distributor outside the App Store?
The Eclectic Light Company 