In macOS Mojave, Apple changed the way that Spotlight indexes the contents of plain text files. That introduced a bug that prevents indexing of any of the contents of files starting with certain characters. For many Macs, that bug won’t ever be fixed.
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Here are this weekend’s Mac riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: A red […]
For the last 10 years, macOS has relied on Uniform Type Identifiers to recognise different types of files, for opening in apps, QuickLook, Spotlight and in other features.
Two confounding factors to take into account when interpreting timestamps on files: what updates the Last opened time, and access via QuickLook.
From Ventura (if not earlier) to Tahoe, Spotlight appears unable to index text files that start with two specific letters. Although those are exceedingly rare, this could still catch you out.
Apple has just released an additional out-of-cycle update to XProtect, bringing it to version 5321. As usual, it […]
You’ve tried entering your password, but it doesn’t work. Should you try guessing? As that imposes increasing waiting times of up to 8 hours, maybe not. Try this instead.
Apple has just released its weekly update to XProtect, bringing it to version 5320. As usual, it doesn’t […]
How to create a new file with a creation date 4 months ago and versions dating back to 3 months before that Mac even existed. All without changing any clocks.
I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 330. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Sounds […]
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