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Category Archive: Technology

File Integrity 7 : Which other file formats are resilient?

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

April 22, 2020 Macs, Technology

File Integrity 6 : Which image format is most resilient?

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

April 21, 2020 Macs, Technology

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 43

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

April 20, 2020 General, Macs, Technology

Microsoft AutoUpdate 4.22 was broken but is now fixed

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

April 20, 2020 Macs, Technology

File Integrity 5 : How well does error-correcting code work?

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

April 20, 2020 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Vandalism

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

April 19, 2020 Macs, Technology

Saturday Mac riddles 43

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

April 18, 2020 General, Macs, Technology

How to unshorten a URL

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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.

April 18, 2020 Macs, Technology

How apps save changed files

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.

April 17, 2020 Macs, Technology

Apple has pushed an update to XProtect

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

April 16, 2020 Macs, Technology, Updates

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