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Cirrus 1.8 restores full function in Catalina betas

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Fixes paths to iCloud Drive in Catalina, by returning them to the original values. Recommended for all running 10.15 now or in the next couple of months.

September 11, 2019 Macs, Technology, Updates

How to back up your iCloud Keychain

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Keychains contain some of our most important and precious data, and are often shared with iOS devices using iCloud. How can you back them up then?

September 5, 2019 Macs, Technology

Cirrus 1.7 now copes with custom paths to iCloud Drive

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Cirrus now lets you change the paths used to open its special iCloud Drive browser: they’re stored in its preference file.

September 3, 2019 Macs, Technology, Updates

Exploring and testing iCloud Drive using Cirrus 1.6

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Recommended for all users, as it fixes a bug which prevented the upload test from working. Essential too for anyone using Catalina beta with its changed paths and more.

August 20, 2019 Macs, Technology, Updates

Living with Desktop & Documents in iCloud

How to prevent folders from being synced with iCloud Drive, and what happens when you turn Desktop & Documents off could surprise.

August 7, 2019 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

Bailiff version 1.4 checks its own code integrity and is ready for Catalina

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Menubar tool to manage files in iCloud. Minor update now checks its own integrity when run, and is compatible with Catalina.

August 5, 2019 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Metadata and iCloud

Apple’s attitude to document metadata remains ambivalent. But macOS does offer good support for extended attributes to pass through iCloud, if you know how to access it.

July 28, 2019 Macs, Technology

How do the Finder, Terminal and Spotlight handle extended attribute flags?

Does using xattr flags disrupt Spotlight indexing, and how are those flags respected using different methods of copying a file?

July 26, 2019 Macs, Technology

How to save your file metadata – implementation isn’t simple

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So how can apps and users preserve file metadata using these xattr flags? Part of the solution is straightforward, but there’s a major limitation.

July 23, 2019 Macs, Technology

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