Telling what a file is – whether plain text, Unicode UTF-8, 32-bit code, and so on – can be hard. Just use a little magic, free in the command tool ‘file’. Includes Swift code to access magic numbers.
Category Archive: Macs
Apple has just pushed an update to the macOS malware removal tool MRT, which brings it to version […]
New version 1.2 also scans Mach-O files like command tools and dylibs, to check if they are still 32-bit. The only complete check available.
Apple Support has to be wonderful now because there’s hardly anywhere else to go to find out about our Macs and other Apple products.
How the iOS Photos app may save your PNG screenshot images in JPEG format: one mystery solved, another opened.
Now runs in the background – no more spinning beachballs! Also handles errors in folder paths better, and shows a ‘busy spinner’ when scanning.
When you take a screenshot in iOS, it is saved in PNG format. There is no option. So why do mine come across on iCloud Drive as a JPEG?
First full release: the only tool to check thoroughly for 32-bit apps and code bundles in whichever folders you want.
If you’re familiar with the macOS log and have problems with an iOS device, you can easily access its log to help in diagnosis.
Apple has started the process of naming and shaming those apps which still don’t run in 64-bit mode, […]
