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How to find apps using metadata

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If grouping apps by Application Categories won’t help you find them, here’s a method using metadata which you can customise.

May 1, 2020 Macs, Technology

Using Finder Item Groups

Have you tried arranging items in the Finder using Groups? Detailed insights into what this does, and how it works with apps.

April 29, 2020 Macs, Technology

Time to update updating

It’s dull and workaday, but important to every user. At the moment it just isn’t working properly, whether it’s the App Store or 3rd party subscriptions.

April 23, 2020 Macs, Technology

App Store updates get more unreliable

A couple of hours earlier the App Store had 5 updates, including Xcode. After the 10.15.4 update, all but 2 of them vanished. Why?

March 28, 2020 Macs, Technology

Last Year on My Mac: Explanations required

What’s the point of impressive Finder illusions when users can’t rely on your explanation of how to erase a disk? Apple’s problems of 2019 considered.

December 29, 2019 Macs, Technology

AirPlay streaming can stop App Store apps from running

Do you ever stream over AirPlay? This weird bug doesn’t appear common, but could be infuriating.

October 23, 2019 Macs, Technology

More About This Mac: where to find that UUID, MAC address, etc.

Extensive listing of places to find key information such as your User UUID/GUID, Ethernet MAC, model identifier, and much more.

September 24, 2019 Macs, Technology

Downloading an older version of macOS isn’t simple

When you can’t install what the App Store offers: solutions for downloading and installing older versions of macOS for use with Catalina.

August 30, 2019 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Human frailty

Over a million people learned that very personal details of their had been leaking from an unsecured server. What should we learn?

August 11, 2019 General, Macs, Technology

Why is my system update history wrong?

You’re running High Sierra, but SystHist reckons you installed Mojave, and have recently applied High Sierra security updates. Isn’t it wrong?

May 8, 2019 Macs, Technology

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