What metadata you are likely to encounter, where it is stored, and how you can view and edit it. A grand tour of the Finder’s Get Info dialog.
Category Archive: Technology
Adobe has just released version 28.0.0.137 of its Flash Player. If you one of the dwindling few who […]
Adds keywords, author, copyright and other info to any file on your Mac. Runs in El Capitan, Sierra, and High Sierra.
Apple has just released the following security updates, to address CPU security vulnerabilities known as Spectre: macOS High […]
This new version should run OK on El Capitan, but has no functional changes apart from that.
If you use a WD My Cloud drive, you should check as a matter of urgency that its […]
Want to make local Spotlight searches more effective? Add keywords to their metadata, such as Finder Comments. But there are some snags.
Hectic with SIP problems in High Sierra, the Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities, then iCloud Drive’s strange stripping of extended attributes.
Don’t use iCloud Drive to copy docs between Sierra and High Sierra, as they may well lose metadata in the process. Bug or feature?
Browse, cut/copy/paste, edit content, export as text, and more for any xattr attached to a folder or file in HFS+ and APFS, Sierra and High Sierra.
The Eclectic Light Company 