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Category Archive: Macs

Does xattred 1.0b2 run on El Capitan too?

This new version should run OK on El Capitan, but has no functional changes apart from that.

January 8, 2018 Macs, Technology

WD My Cloud drives need urgent firmware update

If you use a WD My Cloud drive, you should check as a matter of urgency that its […]

January 8, 2018 Macs, Technology

Spotlight: using metadata to improve local searches

Want to make local Spotlight searches more effective? Add keywords to their metadata, such as Finder Comments. But there are some snags.

January 8, 2018 Macs, Technology, xattr

Last Week on My Mac: Off to a good start, then

Hectic with SIP problems in High Sierra, the Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities, then iCloud Drive’s strange stripping of extended attributes.

January 7, 2018 Macs, Technology, xattr

iCloud Drive can strip (meta)data from your documents

Don’t use iCloud Drive to copy docs between Sierra and High Sierra, as they may well lose metadata in the process. Bug or feature?

January 6, 2018 Macs, Technology

xattred’s first beta release: edit any extended attribute

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Browse, cut/copy/paste, edit content, export as text, and more for any xattr attached to a folder or file in HFS+ and APFS, Sierra and High Sierra.

January 6, 2018 Macs, Technology, xattr

A short trip with rootless: what you can and cannot do

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How to attach a metadata flag to a file or folder, to bring it under the protection of SIP.

January 5, 2018 Macs, Technology, xattr

The first and only extended attribute editor: xattred 0.7a1

Can now edit the content of existing xattrs, and create completely new ones, with arbitrary content.

January 4, 2018 Macs, Technology

xattred 0.6a2 sees hidden files and folders, and more

Tweaked to see and open any file or folder, even inside bundles, and to fix a display glitch with binary property lists.

January 3, 2018 Macs, Technology, xattr

The ‘app’ you can’t trash: how SIP is broken in High Sierra

When you can’t remove an app which you installed just a few minutes ago, you know there’s something wrong. Here’s the solution, and why this is bad security.

January 2, 2018 Macs, Technology, xattr

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