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Category Archive: Technology

More updates for Tahoe: Aliases (Alifix), special files (Sparsity), file types (UTIutility) and language (Nalaprop)

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Four little utilities now compatible with macOS Tahoes, covering repair of Finder aliases, creating test sparse files and checking special file types, looking up UTI types, and analysing language.

July 3, 2025 Macs, Technology, Updates

Should you try the public beta-release of Tahoe?

Some time in the next week or two, Apple is expected to release its first public beta of […]

July 2, 2025 Macs, Technology

Apple has released an update to XProtect for all macOS

Apple has just released an update to XProtect for all supported versions of macOS, bringing it to version […]

July 1, 2025 Macs, Technology, Updates

How to stop Safari quitting unintentionally

How to stop yourself mistakenly pressing the keyboard shortcut to quit an app (Command-Q) when all you want to do is close a window (Command-W).

July 1, 2025 Macs, Technology

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 314

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 314. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Expedition […]

June 30, 2025 General, Macs, Technology

Updates to Apfelstrudel (Unicode), AppexIndexer (Appexes), Ulbow (logs) and Versatility (versions)

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Wrangle Unicode normalisation, discover all the app extensions in your Mac, browse the log with nanosecond times, and preserve documents versions when moving them.

June 30, 2025 Macs, Technology, Updates

Last Week on My Mac: Plan ahead with this summer’s mallyshag

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To avoid your app’s icon going into the sin bin, replace it with one generated by Icon Composer. But that in turn requires overhauling some windows, and there’s a catch in NSLog waiting to get you.

June 29, 2025 Macs, Technology

Saturday Mac riddles 314

Here are this weekend’s Mac riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: Expedition for […]

June 28, 2025 General, Macs, Technology

A brief history of web browsers

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Netscape Navigator 1994, Cyberdog and Internet Explorer in 1996, Chimera/Camino in 2002, OmniWeb in 2000, and finally Safari in 2003, and more besides.

June 28, 2025 General, Macs, Technology

Updates to Cirrus (iCloud), Revisionist (versions), Spundle (sparse bundles) and T2M2 (Time Machine)

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Four updates to popular tools, aimed mainly at compatibility with Tahoe, covering iCloud Drive tests, tools for document versions, creating sparse bundles, and checking your Time Machine backups are working properly.

June 27, 2025 Macs, Technology, Updates

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