Extension functions for the URL class which provide full access to xattrs without leaving the comfort of Swift 4.
Category Archive: Technology
Yes, LockRattler 4 runs on El Capitan at last! This version improves its behaviour, and should make it more bombproof.
General account of xattrs, their storage, types, tools for working with them, and common problems.
With completely new code, a new interface, optional authentication, even a new Help book and icon, LockRattler 4 should be more robust and useful.
They may not cause many problems, but xattrs are both very useful and extensively used by macOS and third-party products. It’s time to discover more, and document them.
Should you switch or upgrade to MarsEdit 4? Having used it heavily for the last few days to manage nearly 3,000 articles here, I think I have a clear answer.
For the moment, until Apple pushes a future update to bring it to version 1.28 at least, your […]
Comments to articles here show that some Mac users have, in the last day or so, received silent […]
Even a lean and simple High Sierra system has many xattrs of many types, and plenty of files still have ‘resource forks’. Plus details of some important xattrs used by Apple’s system files.
Gatekeeper’s data files are updated to version 134, and MRT may also be undergoing update too.
The Eclectic Light Company 