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Getting 64-bit clean: now is the time

Which major apps and parts of macOS are still 32-bit? How to check your own Mac, and how to work around problems in the future.

April 6, 2019 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Transforming the log to a user tool

Browsing my log in Excel for the first time was a revelation of its potential. We have the tools – all we need is the imagination.

March 5, 2017 Macs, Technology

Using Consolation’s log extracts

Sierra’s new logs have new uses, such as collecting and analysing test and use data – only if you can import log extracts into a suitable app.

February 22, 2017 Macs, Technology

Last Week on my Mac: Setapp and software rental

A new method of buying software should have been welcome, had it not been for its use of an old and restrictive rental system.

January 29, 2017 Macs, Technology

Last Week on my Mac: Finder fluff, and FileMaker

A curiously impossible problem with Finder sidebars, and Apple’s software success story which shuns it own App Store.

July 31, 2016 General, Macs, Technology

Developing content for Storyspace and Tinderbox on your iPad

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Putting it all together: creating records on an iPad, and moving them over to form writing spaces or notes.

May 17, 2016 General, Macs, Painting, Technology

Alternative methods of importing into Storyspace and Tinderbox

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Storyspace and Tinderbox can import a range of other formats, including CSV. This explains how to use that format.

May 14, 2016 General, Macs, Technology

From database to hypertext: exporting from FileMaker Pro to Storyspace

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Take a FileMaker Pro database, add a little AppleScript, and you can transfer your data into Storyspace or Tinderbox.

May 12, 2016 General, Macs, Technology

FileMaker Pro 15 and QuarkXPress 2016

FileMaker’s major new release is shipping, and QuarkXPress 2016 is due in a fortnight.

May 11, 2016 General, Macs, Painting, Technology

Q&A: Putting an iPad’s address book into FileMaker Pro

How can I transfer Contacts from an iPad to build them into a FileMaker Pro database?

September 27, 2015 Macs, Technology

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