What is that text-encoded data embedded in so many Property Lists? Most are Bookmarks, and here’s how to decode them.
Category Archive: Technology
Some apps have odd problems when they’re run in translocation. Here’s how to tell whether they are, and what to do about it.
Implementing a document-based app in SwiftUI for macOS. Fun and games with menus, and what are the differences between FileDocument and ReferenceFileDocument protocols?
Swift source code to accompany article about implementing a document-based app in SwiftUI for macOS.
A strategy for diagnosing problems using the log. How to limit the number of entries shown using appropriate periods and predicates, and more.
Gatekeeper may decide to run a new app from a random location, in translocation. The rules for this are explained, and how to ensure that doesn’t affect your apps.
A relatively small update, with two new private frameworks named Cosmo and Tabi!
Apple has just released the update to bring macOS Sonoma to version 14.5, and security updates to Ventura […]
I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 255. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Workshop […]
How the resource forks of Classic Mac OS became extended attributes in Mac OS X 10.4, then flourished. How clone files handle xattrs, and which are used by APFS itself.
The Eclectic Light Company 