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Category Archive: Technology

A more complex algorithm should make PermissionScanner 1.6 more reliable

New and more reliable version of a tool to check whether Home folder permissions are correct or causing problems.

February 24, 2020 Macs, Technology, Updates

Last Week on My Mac: Quantum permissions?

Q: Can an app running from this user account read/write this file? It should be simple to answer, but reality isn’t as kind.

February 23, 2020 Macs, Technology

Saturday Mac riddles 35

Here are this weekend’s riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: I’m the fastest […]

February 22, 2020 General, Macs, Technology

How to enable the startup chime on recent Macs

One feature that many users miss on more recent Mac models is the startup chime. Although once a […]

February 22, 2020 Macs, Technology

What does the Move To command do in Pages, Numbers & Keynote?

When should you use the Move To menu command in any of Apple’s iWork apps? What advantages does it bring over the Finder?

February 22, 2020 Macs, Technology

DelightEd version 2.0b4 can now read more Unicode text

Thanks to Michele, who discovered one of those rare Unicode UTF-16 text files, found that DelightEd couldn’t make […]

February 21, 2020 Macs, Technology, Updates

PermissionScanner 1.5 can now perform shallower scans

I’m very grateful for the many comments which you’ve made recently about my free utility to check permissions, […]

February 21, 2020 Macs, Technology, Updates

When T2M2, Ulbow, Cirrus, or another log-based app returns an error

What do you try when T2M2, Ulbow, or another app which accesses the log, doesn’t work properly? Diagnosis and solutions.

February 21, 2020 Macs, Technology

Apple has pushed updates to XProtect and MRT

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

February 20, 2020 Macs, Technology, Updates

Reset/repair permissions using PermissionScanner

Is there a better way to reset or repair permissions on your Home folder? Try a more targeted and controlled solution here.

February 20, 2020 Macs, Technology

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