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Category Archive: Technology

SearchKey can now add metadata to batches of files and folders

New batch file mode can add (e.g.) copyright metadata to hundreds or thousands of files. Handles unusual characters properly. Can also remove extended attributes.

January 11, 2018 Macs, Technology

Seeing History: Is perspective learned or natural?

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If Brunelleschi had introduced Cubism instead of perspective projection, would that have altered human visual perception?

January 10, 2018 General, Life, Painting, Technology

Where did that metadata come from?

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.

January 10, 2018 Macs, Technology

Adobe has updated Flash Player

Adobe has just released version 28.0.0.137 of its Flash Player. If you one of the dwindling few who […]

January 9, 2018 Macs, Technology

Add metadata to files using SearchKey: first test release

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Adds keywords, author, copyright and other info to any file on your Mac. Runs in El Capitan, Sierra, and High Sierra.

January 9, 2018 Macs, Technology

Apple has updated Safari 11.0.2, High Sierra 10.13.2, and iOS 11.2.2

Apple has just released the following security updates, to address CPU security vulnerabilities known as Spectre: macOS High […]

January 8, 2018 Macs, Technology

Does xattred 1.0b2 run on El Capitan too?

This new version should run OK on El Capitan, but has no functional changes apart from that.

January 8, 2018 Macs, Technology

WD My Cloud drives need urgent firmware update

If you use a WD My Cloud drive, you should check as a matter of urgency that its […]

January 8, 2018 Macs, Technology

Spotlight: using metadata to improve local searches

Want to make local Spotlight searches more effective? Add keywords to their metadata, such as Finder Comments. But there are some snags.

January 8, 2018 Macs, Technology, xattr

Last Week on My Mac: Off to a good start, then

Hectic with SIP problems in High Sierra, the Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities, then iCloud Drive’s strange stripping of extended attributes.

January 7, 2018 Macs, Technology, xattr

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