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How to compare two PDF documents

We often need to compare two documents, such as legal agreements or revisions of a report. How can we do this if they’re PDFs?

August 14, 2021 General, Language, Macs, Technology

Explainer: Property lists and preferences

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They’re XML, structured into dictionaries and arrays containing key-value pairs. Preference plists are managed, and need special treatment.

July 17, 2021 Macs, Technology

Sandboxing makes quarantine flags almost meaningless

How the quarantine flag for apps and that for docs opened in sandboxed apps differ, and why there are now so many quarantine flags to trip us up.

April 15, 2019 Macs, Technology

Dark Delight: getting the best from Dark Mode

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I was sceptical of Dark Mode, but have been trying it out for more than a week now. And for me, it works. But watch for the Flashlight Effect.

October 19, 2018 Macs, Technology

Regex: searching with regular expressions

Stop wasting time wading through hundreds of hits: refine your text searches using regex, as supported by many Mac apps.

August 4, 2017 Language, Macs, Technology

Winter Festival of Artisanal Software

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Holiday price reductions on many of the best software products for macOS: crafted to empower rather than dispirit.

December 16, 2016 General, Language, Macs, Technology

Porting from WordPress to Storyspace, 3: alt stories and references

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Time to add a second narrative thread based on an ‘authority’, and link it in with the main spine.

October 7, 2016 General, Macs, Painting, Technology

Porting from WordPress to Storyspace, 1: imports and prototypes

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Converting from fairly linear HTML to interconnected hypertext – aiming to tell the several stories of the history of oil painting.

September 15, 2016 General, Macs, Painting, Technology

Summerfest 2016: the Summer Artisanal Software Festival

A summer sale of finely crafted tools for writers, thinkers, and many others.

June 19, 2016 General, Language, Life, Macs, Painting, Technology

Energy Saver sleep settings solved

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How to set your Energy Saver sleep settings to what you want, rather than what Apple might want you to.

February 25, 2016 Macs, Technology

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