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Aliases, links, clones, and Bookmarks

Do you know when it would be best to use a hard link? What’s the difference between a Finder alias and a symbolic link? And where to High Sierra’s new clones fit in?

March 12, 2018 Macs, Technology

APFS: iOS 11 and High Sierra will fix normalisation problems

Apple now states that APFS will handle the problems of normalisation of file and folder names. At least in iOS 10.3.3 and macOS 10.12.6, due shortly.

July 17, 2017 Macs, Technology

Removing all your old backups: a tortuous tale of permissions and links

It’s tempting just to put the folder in the Trash. But this could be a quick way to acquire a more complex problem.

May 4, 2017 Macs, Technology

Porting from WordPress to Storyspace, 6: glossary and index

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I almost forgot the end matter: it’s time to add a glossary, and an index. But would built-in Find suffice?

November 16, 2016 General, Language, Macs, Painting, Technology

Porting from WordPress to Storyspace, 5: galleries and timelines

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Now’s a good time to bring some order to the paintings in the gallery, and to get the timeline working properly.

November 10, 2016 General, Macs, Painting, Technology

Porting from WordPress to Storyspace, 4: sidethreads and projections

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Distinguishing links from stretchtext, and building in a complex non-linear thread.

October 21, 2016 General, Macs, Painting, Technology

Porting from WordPress to Storyspace, 3: alt stories and references

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Time to add a second narrative thread based on an ‘authority’, and link it in with the main spine.

October 7, 2016 General, Macs, Painting, Technology

Porting from WordPress to Storyspace, 2: links and stretchtext

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Incorporating the captioned images into milestone writing spaces, which form the spine of the hypertext. And a quick preview of the developing timeline.

September 16, 2016 General, Macs, Painting, Technology

Stretchtext: a hidden gem in real hypertext

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It has a long history, but has seldom been implemented or used. Here are some examples of how to get the best from it.

September 3, 2016 General, Language, Macs, Technology

An illustrated glossary of links in Storyspace 3

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Plain or text, guarded or not, links are powerful and central tools in hypertext. Here’s a concise visual guide to them.

September 2, 2016 General, Macs, Technology

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