File Integrity 7 : Which other file formats are resilient?

Looks at plain text, CSV, XML, JSON, RTF, RTFD, .docx, .xlsx, and PDF. Which should you trust with your important documents in archives?

File Integrity 6 : Which image format is most resilient?

Which format – alongside Camera Raw – should you store archived images in: JPEG, PNG, TIFF or Apple’s new HEIC?

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 43. Here are my solutions to them. 1: keyboard […]

There are widespread reports that Microsoft AutoUpdate (MAU) version 4.22, which was released on 14 April 2020, doesn’t […]

Simply having ECC enabled doesn’t mean that damaged files can be recovered. It appears promising, but needs careful real-world evaluation.

We assume what we know to be impossible, and pretend that just making ‘safe’ copies of important documents will preserve them for the future.

Here are this weekend’s riddles to entertain you through whatever you’re still allowed to do. 1: Tap, tap […]

Don’t trust those bit.ly and tinyurl.com shortened links, as they could take you somewhere nasty. This utility lets you check them out in safety.

Apps don’t work like the Finder. Most use ‘safe saves’ designed to prevent a failed save losing the original document. Here’s how they work.

Apple has pushed one update today, to the data files used by XProtect, bringing its version number to […]