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Category Archive: Macs

Last Week on My Mac: A silent silent security update

Did Sierra systems have a silent update to OSX1012IncompatibleAppList around 4 January 2018? It looks like another worrying mistake by Apple.

January 14, 2018 Macs, Technology

What got installed? How to learn exactly what a package contains/ed

Here’s how to find out just what that last update installed, so you can remove it manually if necessary.

January 13, 2018 Macs, Technology

New macOS malware: MaMi

Patrick Wardle, of Objective-See, has just reported what he believes to be new malware running on macOS, which […]

January 12, 2018 Macs, Technology

Which file systems and Cloud services preserve extended attributes?

Have you been warned not to use extended attributes because they aren’t supported beyond macOS? But they are: here are details of file systems and Cloud services.

January 12, 2018 Macs, Technology, xattr

Scripting in Swift: Key characters, or what character can’t be key

A hard to spot runtime error results if you try to embed the key < in a dictionary. But when converting plain text for embedding in XML, that's one character you need to substitute.

January 11, 2018 Macs, Technology

SearchKey can now add metadata to batches of files and folders

New batch file mode can add (e.g.) copyright metadata to hundreds or thousands of files. Handles unusual characters properly. Can also remove extended attributes.

January 11, 2018 Macs, Technology

Where did that metadata come from?

What metadata you are likely to encounter, where it is stored, and how you can view and edit it. A grand tour of the Finder’s Get Info dialog.

January 10, 2018 Macs, Technology

Adobe has updated Flash Player

Adobe has just released version 28.0.0.137 of its Flash Player. If you one of the dwindling few who […]

January 9, 2018 Macs, Technology

Add metadata to files using SearchKey: first test release

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Adds keywords, author, copyright and other info to any file on your Mac. Runs in El Capitan, Sierra, and High Sierra.

January 9, 2018 Macs, Technology

Apple has updated Safari 11.0.2, High Sierra 10.13.2, and iOS 11.2.2

Apple has just released the following security updates, to address CPU security vulnerabilities known as Spectre: macOS High […]

January 8, 2018 Macs, Technology

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