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Category Archive: Technology

Hiding text in PDFs

A demonstration of three simple ways to add invisible text to a PDF that could be used to prompt AI how to review it. And a method of detection.

January 9, 2026 Macs, Technology

Check Time Machine backups in macOS Sequoia and Tahoe

T2M2 is nearly 9 years old. Here’s a walk through its summary reports on Time Machine backups. and an outline of what you’ll see in its log extracts.

January 8, 2026 Macs, Technology

Archive webpages using textClippings

How to make a textClipping of an article from within a webpage, then save that in different formats suitable for longer-term reference.

January 7, 2026 Macs, Technology

Exclude or include items in backup, search, iCloud Drive and QuickLook preview

How to exclude folders and files from these services, with new problems apparent in macOS Tahoe over exclusions from Time Machine backups.

January 6, 2026 Macs, Technology

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 341

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 341. Here are my solutions to them. 1: When […]

January 5, 2026 General, Macs, Technology

Open up Finder clippings with Disclipper, and a Providable update

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New app to analyse, display and give direct access to the contents of clipping files, including textClipping and pictClipping files created by the Finder.

January 5, 2026 Macs, Technology, Updates

Last Week on My Mac: Drag, drop, clipping

Drag content from an app onto the Desktop or a location in a Finder window to create a clipping file. Although they date back to the early 1990s, they’re still well supported in Tahoe.

January 4, 2026 Macs, Technology

Saturday Mac riddles 341

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

January 3, 2026 General, Macs, Technology

Text, strings and Unicode

ASCII and its variants, code pages for non-Latin languages, then Unicode brought three major formats with endian variants and normalisation forms.

January 3, 2026 Macs, Technology

How macOS has grown 2019-2025

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Analyses of numbers of bundles in the /System folder and significant folders within that, for macOS 10.14.5 Mojave to 26.2 Tahoe. These show how private macOS has become.

January 2, 2026 Macs, Technology

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