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Hidden files and folders on APFS volumes

Which of the cluster of hidden files and folders at the top level of an APFS volume should be preserved or copied to a copy of that volume?

December 9, 2021 Macs, Technology

Controlling processes and environments

How can you run an app in a language different to that set for your system? Why doesn’t that work for command tools? And how difficult can a tool make controlling its environment?

December 10, 2020 Macs, Technology

Bad design makes macOS a Tower of Babel

SilentKnight was producing some results in a mixture of English and Dutch. Its environment settings needed correction. When that didn’t fix it, I looked deeper to find language-unfriendly design in a command tool.

December 5, 2020 Macs, Technology

Does Big Sur need a bit more Help?

macOS Help system was last revamped in High Sierra, and has worked well. Until Big Sur has problems finding Help books, and shows some in French. How Help should work.

December 3, 2020 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: When time fails you

Why couldn’t a user specify times before 0100 and after 1300, when the DatePicker worked fine using the 24-hour clock?

January 12, 2020 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Time out of joint

Should a tool like LockRattler show times in universal (UTC) format, or adjusted to the local time zone? There is no good answer, it seems.

December 17, 2017 General, Life, Macs, Technology

Q&A: Support for Celtic and other languages

What OS X and browser support is there for Scottish Gaelic and other Celtic tongues?

July 14, 2015 Language, Macs, Technology
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