All about xattrs: their origin, where they’re stored, how they’re named and typed, how to find and work with them, and their common problems.
Category Archive: Technology
Many users are today reporting that their HP printer software has suddenly stopped working, with worrying messages implying […]
The macOS Malware Removal Tool – what is it, where is it, what does it do and how does it run? And a curious story about its recent past, when it was used to remove non-malware.
Explaining inodes, names, dates, permissions, file types, and specialised attributes used for iCloud.
New feature: an updater window which allows you to download and install individual named updates, rather than having to install all that are available.
Looking in more detail at newer tricks used by APFS on the data of files: sparse files, which can squeeze vast empty files almost to nothing; file clones; and compression, opening up in Big Sur.
Now shows the space taken on disk, which makes it easy to identify sparse files.
Apple has pushed two updates today, to the data files used by XProtect, bringing its version number to […]
I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 69. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Elsewhere […]
CTS now schedules many important services, including syncing Calendar, Contacts, Messages, running weekly firmware checks with eficheck, and more.
The Eclectic Light Company 