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Apfelstrudel

More app updates: Unicode and text tools

Apfelstrudel, which explores Unicode normalisation and string operations; Dystextia for obfuscating Roman text using spoofing; and Rosettavert for converting between text encodings.

July 7, 2018 Macs, Technology

Updated free tools: should all now pass Gatekeeper checks

All these have now been updated and should pass Gatekeeper checks and run on both Sierra and High Sierra.

September 27, 2017 General, Macs, Technology

Dystextia, Apfelstrudel, Rosettavert and unorml updated for High Sierra

Tools for examining Unicode normalisation, converting between text encodings, and for obfuscating text using similar Unicode characters.

September 21, 2017 Macs, Technology

How to normalise strings, and a new command tool to help

How can you get the Unicode normalised form from within an app, or when you’re writing your own tools and scripts? unorml may be just the job.

April 10, 2017 Macs, Technology

APFS and macOS 10.13: many apps and tools will need to be revised

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Case-insensitive APFS is not at chaotic as the case-sensitive variant. But there are still plenty of problems which developers and users need to prepare for.

April 7, 2017 Macs, Technology

Normalising strings in Swift: scripting Apfelstrudel and beyond

A quick tour through String normalisation, mapping closures, and a small burst of colour.

April 7, 2017 Macs, Technology

APFS is currently unusable with most non-English languages

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APFS is not currently safe to use with names which might have Unicode normalisation issues – which means it is only safe with a limited ASCII character set.

April 6, 2017 General, Macs, Technology

Untangling file names and normalisation with Apfelstrudel

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Practical demonstrations, a new free tool to explore the problem, and examples to illustrate the issues which could arise with APFS.

April 6, 2017 Macs, Technology

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