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UTIutility 1.0b2 now looks even deeper into UTIs and file type designators

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Additional information is now shown for UTIs, it has its own custom app icon, and works wonderfully in Dark Mode.

July 7, 2018 Macs, Technology

A simpler way to control an app’s Login Item

Want a non-sandboxed app to install itself in Login Items? Here’s a simple way without using a helper app.

May 23, 2018 Macs, Technology

Running at startup: when to use a Login Item or a LaunchAgent/LaunchDaemon

When you want software to run automatically each time you Mac starts up, there are several ways of doing that. Here’s your choice.

May 22, 2018 Macs, Technology

Preview any file from a macOS Bookmark, and an oddity in Quick Look

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Preciziun can now open documents from their macOS Bookmarks, and preview them in Quick Look.

March 10, 2018 Macs, Technology

Using macOS Bookmarks as enduring references: Precize and Preciziun

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Wouldn’t it be good to be able to locate important documents using Bookmarks, which endure even when you restart, or move the document? Now you can.

March 8, 2018 Macs, Technology

Bookmarks, APFS, and enduring file references

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More insights into how to create and use references to files which are unaffected when you move the file, or restart your Mac. And a new version of Precize to help.

March 6, 2018 Macs, Technology

Open Recent, inodes, and Bookmarks: How macOS remembers files

If apps can remember old documents in the Open Recent menu command, how can I do the same?

March 5, 2018 Macs, Technology

File types, the UTI, and even more metadata

The Desktop and Finder illusions are held together by Launch Services, which associates file types with apps. This and more now hinge on the UTI.

January 24, 2018 Macs, Technology, xattr

Finder Info: how Sierra and High Sierra remember Classic Mac OS

The Desktop and Finder illusions rely on files having a type and creator, and an icon association. These were kept in the Desktop Database, and are now the responsibility of Launch Services.

December 20, 2017 Macs, Technology, xattr

Launch Services database problems: correcting and rebuilding

What do you do when you open a document, only to find that the wrong app opens it? Here’s how to tackle that and more.

August 11, 2017 Macs, Technology

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