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Category Archive: Technology

When should you use APFS Containers, Volumes, and Folders?

There isn’t as much choice in HFS+: you have just two devices for dividing a disk, volumes and […]

October 7, 2019 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Opening the log

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I continue to be amazed at the number of Mac users who, since Sierra introduced the new unified […]

October 6, 2019 Macs, Technology

Saturday Mac riddles 15

Here are this weekend’s riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: My first is […]

October 5, 2019 General, Macs, Technology

What to do when a newly-installed app can’t be opened?

Yesterday, I explained how you can ensure that macOS 10.15 Catalina will open an app which doesn’t meet […]

October 5, 2019 Macs, Technology

Will Gatekeeper let me run that app in Catalina?

Confused as to whether Catalina will let you run that quarantined app? Here it is diagrammed.

October 4, 2019 Macs, Technology

How has XProtect changed?

Apple’s pushed update to XProtect’s data a couple of days ago is one of the most substantial since […]

October 3, 2019 Macs, Technology

How to get Photos to show the library selection dialog each time it runs

Do you want Photos to show its library selection dialog when it opens? Here’s one solution without the Option key.

October 3, 2019 Macs, Technology

Security changes coming in Catalina: what’s changed

What to expect from the many changes to security and privacy in the first release of Catalina. How to run non-notarized apps, and more.

October 2, 2019 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 […]

October 1, 2019 Macs, Technology

How to preserve metadata stored in a custom extended attribute

Xattrs are marvellous features of macOS, but unless a developer is aware of their lability and how to preserve them, they aren’t good places to store metadata of any importance.

October 1, 2019 Macs, Technology

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