Skip to content

The Eclectic Light Company

Macs & painting – 🦉 No AI content
Main navigation
  • Downloads
  • Freeware
  • M-series Macs
  • Mac Problems
  • Mac articles
  • Macs
  • Art

Category Archive: Macs

Text with style: using styles in TextEdit and beyond

How to set up your own styles in TextEdit, DelightEd or another editor using macOS’s features. Use them to make laying out styled text easier and more powerful.

April 18, 2024 Macs, Technology

SwiftUI on macOS: Life Cycle and App Delegate source code

Source code for the main article about SwiftUI on macOS, to be read alongside that article.

April 17, 2024 Macs, Technology

SwiftUI on macOS: Life Cycle and AppDelegate

Apple advises that SwiftUI apps for macOS avoid using AppDelegate. How can you substitute initial app setup, and cleaning up before an app quits using just SwiftUI?

April 17, 2024 Macs, Technology

How robust is your Mac’s encryption?

Quantum computers are coming, and with them the likelihood they can break today’s encryption methods. Prepare now against the future, using iMessage’s latest features.

April 16, 2024 Macs, Technology

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 251

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 251. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Obtained […]

April 15, 2024 General, Macs, Technology

APFS: Special file types

Overview of clone files, dataless files, sparse files, symbolic links, and firmlinks, and how used and free space is accounted for in APFS.

April 15, 2024 Macs, Technology

Saturday Mac riddles 251

Here are this weekend’s Mac riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: Obtained by […]

April 13, 2024 General, Macs, Technology

Are Dictionary’s days numbered?

Nearly 20 years old now, the Dictionary app seems to be slowly slipping into oblivion. It still provides access to reputable sources and Wikipedia.

April 13, 2024 Language, Macs, Technology

What to do if Apple contacts you about malware or security

Who to believe and what to do about warnings apparently sent by Apple, particularly its new threat notifications.

April 12, 2024 Macs, Technology

APFS: Encryption and sealing

Keybags, wrapping keys, VEKs and KEKs all explained. Did you realise how Recovery Keys are implemented? Or how the SSV protects against read errors?

April 11, 2024 Macs, Technology

Posts navigation

Previous 1 … 92 93 94 95 96 … 640 Next
Blog at WordPress.com.
Footer navigation
  • Free Software Menu
  • About & Contact
  • Macs
  • Painting
  • Downloads
  • Mac problem-solving
  • Extended attributes (xattrs)
  • Painting topics
  • SilentKnight, Skint, SystHist, silnite, LockRattler & Scrub
  • DelightEd & Podofyllin
  • xattred, SpotTest, Providable, Spotcord, Metamer & xattr tools
  • 32-bitCheck & ArchiChect
  • XProCheck, T2M2, LogUI, Ulbow, blowhole and log utilities
  • Cirrus & Bailiff
  • Precize, Alifix, UTIutility, Sparsity, alisma, Taccy, Signet
  • Versatility & Revisionist
  • Text Utilities: Textovert, Disclipper, Nalaprop, Dystextia and others
  • PDF
  • Keychains & Permissions
  • Updates
  • Spundle, Cormorant, Stibium, DropSum, Dintch, Fintch and cintch
  • Long Reads
  • Mac Troubleshooting Summary
  • M-series Macs
  • Mints: a multifunction utility
  • VisualLookUpTest
  • Virtualisation on Apple silicon
  • System Updates
  • Saturday Mac Riddles
  • Last Week on My Mac
  • sysctl information
Secondary navigation
  • Search

Begin typing your search above and press return to search. Press Esc to cancel.

  • Subscribe Subscribed
    • The Eclectic Light Company
    • Join 8,940 other subscribers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • The Eclectic Light Company
    • Subscribe Subscribed
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar
 

Loading Comments...