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Category Archive: Macs
Adobe has released an updated version of its Flash Player, bringing it to version 28.0.0.161. This fixes a […]
Families of types covering most forms of metadata, published in open source in 2009. Now largely superseded by com.apple.metadata equivalents.
You have double-clicked on a disk image, and macOS refuses. Here is what you can do to get that image to mount, even when it’s damaged.
Robust example Swift code for checking the free space available on a volume. A good quick check to run before trying to write out anything hefty.
Have you used an online update service in the past? After last week’s security breach at MacUpdate, now is the time to stop. For your own protection.
Several Mac users have contacted me to report apparent contradictions between different estimates of free space remaining on […]
Did you download and install any Mac software from the MacUpdate site on the first or second of […]
We can quantitate the risks of cracking conventional passwords. AI-based systems using biometrics are known to be brittle, and to have exploitable blind spots. Can we trust them in security systems?
For no apparent reason, Sierra has again downloaded and installed an old ‘security’ update from 2016. Not only that, but it does its utmost to prevent you from finding out, even when studying the log. At least 5 bugs!
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