How to prevent folders from being synced with iCloud Drive, and what happens when you turn Desktop & Documents off could surprise.
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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?
Menubar tool to manage files in iCloud. Minor update now checks its own integrity when run, and is compatible with Catalina.
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.
Does using xattr flags disrupt Spotlight indexing, and how are those flags respected using different methods of copying a file?
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.
For the last six years, extended attributes have had flags to determine how they’re handled when copied. Here are the details, and how this affects iCloud.
This evening’s update to what will almost certainly be the last version of Mojave, apart from security updates […]
Are iCloud Drive, CDs and DVDs, and partitions on the same storage really suitable places for you to back your Mac up?
Now lets you change the font size in its text views, with settings independent for each window type, and saved to its preferences files.
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