Skip to content

The Eclectic Light Company

Macs & painting – 🦉 No AI content
Main navigation
  • Downloads
  • Freeware
  • M-series Macs
  • Mac Problems
  • Mac articles
  • Macs
  • Art

Category Archive: Macs

UTIutility 1.0b2 now looks even deeper into UTIs and file type designators

T T Read More

Additional information is now shown for UTIs, it has its own custom app icon, and works wonderfully in Dark Mode.

July 7, 2018 Macs, Technology

More app updates: Unicode and text tools

Apfelstrudel, which explores Unicode normalisation and string operations; Dystextia for obfuscating Roman text using spoofing; and Rosettavert for converting between text encodings.

July 7, 2018 Macs, Technology

Is this the longest-running bug in macOS?

For around 5 years, if not longer, the Finder has suffered from an obvious bug which disrupts the workflow. Will Mojave fix it?

July 6, 2018 Macs, Technology

Identifying file types: UTIs, filename extensions, and another free app

What to do when you need to use Uniform Type Identifiers, only to discover that Apple’s reference manual hasn’t been updated for nearly 9 years: write an app!

July 5, 2018 Macs, Technology

When you can’t get macOS to forget

The greatest skill in memory is not the remembering, but knowing what to forget – something that macOS is useless at. Why doesn’t it clear out its old crud?

July 4, 2018 Macs, Technology

Apple has pushed an update to Gatekeeper’s data

Apple has just pushed an update to the data used by Gatekeeper, bringing its version number to 146, […]

July 3, 2018 Macs, Technology

Scrub goes into its first beta: improved privacy for sensitive documents

T T Read More

Now surveys and warns of items like apps which could become impaired with over-enthusiastic stripping of xattrs, etc. Great in Dark Mode too.

July 3, 2018 Macs, Technology

Wanted: some brave users to test Scrub

T T Read More

A first alpha release, which appears stable and almost fully functional, but will cause havoc if used inappropriately.

July 2, 2018 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: In memoriam High Sierra

In a couple of weeks, when macOS 10.13.6 update ships, it’ll all be over for High Sierra. What should we remember it for?

July 1, 2018 Macs, Technology

Is it time for a good Scrub? Building a tool to enhance privacy

T T Read More

Documents and data which you want to remain private can leak via macOS. Here’s a proposal for an app to do something about it. Could it help you?

June 30, 2018 Macs, Technology

Posts navigation

Previous 1 … 419 420 421 422 423 … 640 Next
Blog at WordPress.com.
Footer navigation
  • Free Software Menu
  • About & Contact
  • Macs
  • Painting
  • Downloads
  • Mac problem-solving
  • Extended attributes (xattrs)
  • Painting topics
  • SilentKnight, Skint, SystHist, silnite, LockRattler & Scrub
  • DelightEd & Podofyllin
  • xattred, SpotTest, Providable, Spotcord, Metamer & xattr tools
  • 32-bitCheck & ArchiChect
  • XProCheck, T2M2, LogUI, Ulbow, blowhole and log utilities
  • Cirrus & Bailiff
  • Precize, Alifix, UTIutility, Sparsity, alisma, Taccy, Signet
  • Versatility & Revisionist
  • Text Utilities: Textovert, Disclipper, Nalaprop, Dystextia and others
  • PDF
  • Keychains & Permissions
  • Updates
  • Spundle, Cormorant, Stibium, DropSum, Dintch, Fintch and cintch
  • Long Reads
  • Mac Troubleshooting Summary
  • M-series Macs
  • Mints: a multifunction utility
  • VisualLookUpTest
  • Virtualisation on Apple silicon
  • System Updates
  • Saturday Mac Riddles
  • Last Week on My Mac
  • sysctl information
Secondary navigation
  • Search

Begin typing your search above and press return to search. Press Esc to cancel.

  • Subscribe Subscribed
    • The Eclectic Light Company
    • Join 8,948 other subscribers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • The Eclectic Light Company
    • Subscribe Subscribed
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar
 

Loading Comments...