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Getting more from document versions in macOS

Why documents can lose their old versions when moving them around, and what you can do to preserve them.

August 17, 2020 Macs, Technology

DeepTools version 1.4 are now Universal Apps

Three small utilities to work with the macOS version system, now running native on both Intel and Apple Silicon Macs.

August 15, 2020 Macs, Technology, Updates

How to keep, or lose, a document’s previous versions

Document versions can be invaluable, being between Undo and your backups. But they’re also easy to lose. Here’s how to keep them.

February 14, 2020 Macs, Technology

Document versions, copying, and iCloud in Mojave, and a new version of DeepTools

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Over 9 months ago, document versioning became available across iCloud Drive, but had several major flaws. How has it improved since?

August 6, 2019 Macs, Technology

DeepTools Support

This page is for your support questions and comments on my free utilities DeepTools (consisting of DeepArchive, DeepCopy […]

June 2, 2019 Macs, Technology

Recovering a damaged document

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That document is damaged and can’t be opened. But you think it’s got versions saved, if only you could get at them. How?

March 1, 2019 Macs, Technology

Last big batch of notarized apps for Mojave

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Notarized versions of DeepTools for working with versions, Rosettavert for converting text encodings, SearchKey and SearchKeyLite for editing extended attributes for Spotlight searches.

December 3, 2018 Macs, Technology

More app updates: Bailiff, DeepTools, PermissionScanner, SearchKey, and SearchKey Lite

Seven updated apps covering iCloud, Spotlight searching, checking permissions, and more. Mostly for Mojave fixes, but worth it for other users too.

June 29, 2018 Macs, Technology

DeepTools 1 released: preserve document versions wherever they go

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Do you use macOS versions in documents? Here are 3 tools to look after those, when copying documents and moving them around.

May 17, 2018 Macs, Technology

Don’t lose versions: DeepTools preserve them wherever your docs go

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Simple tools to preserve versions in documents, whether copied to an external drive, NAS, cloud storage including iCloud and Dropbox, even sent by email.

April 11, 2018 Macs, Technology
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