Apple has just released updates to XProtect for all supported versions of macOS, bringing it to version 5309, […]
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How can you access files on a NAS connected directly to an Apple silicon Mac, or those saved to external storage using Ext4 or similar?
I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 319. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Successor […]
Looks at how Spotlight adds a batch of new files to its volume indexes, and how it handles and answers queries.
A meta-search for Apple’s patents on search, and turning the incessant log chatter of RunningBoard to our advantage in following uninstrumented apps.
Here are this weekend’s Mac riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: Successor to […]
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.
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.
The Eclectic Light Company 