Oracle has released Java version 8u131, available from here. Among its improvements are limitations on MD5 signing of […]
Category Archive: Technology
Spring is here – time to do some cleaning of the blog to help you access current articles more easily.
Topical listing of articles about older versions of OS X up to 10.10, and other less current material about Macs and related topics.
A starting point for diagnosing and fixing your Mac problems, with links to key articles here.
Information for anyone reading articles about Macs here, and an introduction to dealing with their problems.
Why does almost every Mac user use their system in an admin role? Shouldn’t macOS encourage us to be ‘normal’ users?
Can you tell the difference? What is the significance of each, and do you know what to do about them? An introductory guide.
Factoring the code better to separate reading and writing the underlying data, and converting that for display.
In an undocumented change, 10.12.4 prevents any access to reading Sierra’s log when in normal user mode – it requires admin mode.
Do you want to convert files using non-Unicode text to modern format? Or between the 144 different encodings supported by iconv? Here’s a tool to make that easy.
The Eclectic Light Company 