Supported by some of the many patents awarded to Apple’s engineers, a year-by-year account of the development of Spotlight from 1994 to 2019.
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Coming next month should be macOS Tahoe, security updates for Sequoia and Sonoma, but we’ve probably seen the last of support for Ventura. Which macOS will your Mac be running?
How a close reading of the assertions acquired by RunningBoard can tell you a great deal about the life cycle of an app.
Apple’s several patents cast new light on how Spotlight indexes the metadata and contents of local files, and why mds and other processes need to reindex periodically.
macOS Sequoia 15.6 is likely to be the last scheduled general update before Sequoia enters its two years […]
Apple has just released the update to bring macOS Sequoia to version 15.6, and security updates for 14.7.7 […]
Now warns if you drop a folder or app onto its window. You can disable MD5 hashes for added speed, and it works a treat for testing whether two files are identical.
I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 318. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Fastest […]
Three different ways to link to files, and two for folders. Which should you use, and how well do they cope with changes in that volume?
Dire warnings of the consequences of Google’s answer engine resulting in over-exploitation of the web and its exhaustion. It’s time to stand up and declare what’s written by a human, not an AI.
The Eclectic Light Company 