A simple and accessible way of categorising folders, they’re stored as extended attributes, and robust. They work best with up to 7 categories, but can confuse with many different text labels.
Category Archive: Technology
Two common problems with log: all the censored contents, which can make them meaningless, and the sheer number of entries. How to use logging preferences to tackle them.
Virtualising macOS, Linux and Windows on Intel Macs has been relatively straightforward, and device support left to the developer. That won’t work for Apple silicon Macs. This explains what happens, its strengths and limitations as a result.
Apple has released an update to XProtect for all versions of macOS, bringing it to version 5341; the […]
Although easy to add to documents, Finder comments work strangely, and can prove fragile. They can also be used to conceal malicious code by steganography, but there are better options.
I hope you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 357. Here are my solutions to them. 1: John’s afterword […]
Everything you need to know about how to have fun with this Easter Egg, which is even better in more recent versions of macOS.
For the first 17 years, Macs got by perfectly well without a command line. Apple’s server admin apps featured extensive GUIs, and saved admins from using Terminal. But now even Apple tells folk to practise for ClickFix.
Here are this weekend’s Mac riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: John’s afterword […]
How AFP and SMB enable access to shares on servers, early problems with SMB on Macs, printer access, and limitations with APFS special files.
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