Two sets of log excerpts demonstrate how macOS can prevent a user from opening a document, then mislead them into thinking it’s the app at fault.
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You double-click to open a document, and see a security alert telling you it’s from an unidentified developer and your security settings prohibit opening. What the hell?
Born near Florence in 1452, the Renaissance Man and polymath died 500 years ago when retired in France. A summary of his great artistic achievements.
One of the more confusing features of PDF apps, as none seems to work quite the same, and removing them isn’t quick or simple.
Apple has pushed two updates overnight, to the ‘Yara’ data files used by XProtect, bringing its version number […]
TextEdit will happily trash an HTML file when you convert it to text – without any good reason, other than an engineer not being familiar with macOS.
Developed in the mid 1600s, pastels are often considered to be the ‘purest’ form of painting, in which pure pigment is applied to the ground.
Presenting two or more versions of the same text close together is a challenge. Here’s how I arrived at one solution, and implemented it.
Ever wished you could read an original and translation of text right next to one another? Now you can do it easily in this new version.
The Books app demonstrates how stultified is the approach to text on computers. It’s carefully engineered to work like a book, not to bring any new powers to text or reading.
The Eclectic Light Company 