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Category Archive: Technology

More fun scripting with Swift and Xcode: cheating with AppleScript

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How to run a shell command with root privileges from with Swift. The roundabout way.

December 22, 2016 Macs, Technology

The App Store 2.2 is still quite broken

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The App Store had been behaving itself, until it showed that it couldn’t count up to three accurately.

December 22, 2016 Macs, Technology

More fun scripting with Swift and Xcode: the signature shuffle

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Another ‘scripting’ exercise in Swift starts with time wasted sorting out signing. But it does get better after that.

December 21, 2016 Macs, Technology

Apple’s Christmas Message: the desktop Mac is not dead, far from it

Next year might not be as bad as it is currently. Tim Cook doesn’t reveal any details, but lays down some corporate policy.

December 21, 2016 Macs, Technology

A Console replacement for examining past logs in Sierra: LogLogger5b update

Introducing a revised version of my free Console replacement app LogLogger. This is now signed, with no other changes.

December 20, 2016 Macs, Technology

LockRattler: a quick check of macOS security protection systems

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Is your Mac properly locked down with Apple’s security protection systems? Here’s a free tool to check most of them out.

December 20, 2016 General, Macs, Technology

What to do when your account might have been compromised

Massive breaches of personal data happen all too often. What should you do when they affect a website or service which you use?

December 19, 2016 General, Life, Macs, Technology

Can you trust Lynda.com or LinkedIn?

Do you use Lynda.com or LinkedIn? Have your personal data been breached? You might like to check, and reconsider your use of their services.

December 18, 2016 General, Macs, Technology

Last Week on my Mac: The fate of Yahoo!

There can surely be no greater shame to any custodian of personal details that most of them have been stolen, and that it has taken around three years to discover and admit to that theft.

December 18, 2016 General, Macs, Technology

Interchangeability of Finder, Terminal, and AppleScript

It can be valuable to know how to restart, run a command, and open an app using Terminal, AppleScript, and different methods in the Finder.

December 17, 2016 Macs, Technology

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