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Category Archive: Macs

Busting 7 myths (lies) about Mojave

Stories about 32-bit support, APFS and Fusion Drives, widespread app problems, failed updates, Time machine, and privacy protection.

October 8, 2018 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Editing iCloud documents is far from seamless

Document versions can be a lifesaver when you need to reverse some changes or recover missing text. So why don’t they work on documents shared in iCloud?

October 7, 2018 Macs, Technology

Document versions are now preserved by iCloud, unreliably

You can now share old versions of documents in iCloud Drive. But don’t expect it to work properly, and stand by for profound confusion.

October 6, 2018 Macs, Technology

Booting the Mac: macOS 10.14 Mojave, and shutdown

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Stepping through key points in the log as Mojave 10.14 starts up. Most of the key waypoints are similar to those in High Sierra.

October 5, 2018 Macs, Technology

Make Mojave custom dictionaries work better

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How to fix custom dictionaries so that they display properly in Dark Mode. Sadly it doesn’t (yet) work for Help books too.

October 4, 2018 Macs, Technology

Launching apps in Mojave: how it has changed

Mojave checks newly-installed apps which are not from the App Store more thoroughly, and handles notarized apps differently too. Here are some details.

October 3, 2018 Macs, Technology

How privacy protection is enforced through the Attribution Chain

How command tools gain access to protected data, through their Attribution Chain. Diagnosing their problems, and fixing them.

October 2, 2018 Macs, Technology

Getting word frequencies by lexical class: Nalaprop gets more useful

Now generates list of words used and their frequencies, grouped according to lexical class. Want to discover all the proper nouns or names in a document, for example?

October 1, 2018 General, Language, Macs, Technology

New version of Taccy extends its coverage of info about apps and privacy

Mainly for Mojave users having problems with apps and their access to protected data.

October 1, 2018 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Successful release

I hope, if you have upgraded to Mojave, that all went well and you’re now happy that you […]

September 30, 2018 Macs, Technology

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