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macOS 10.12

Safari offline reader is rapidly becoming functionless

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Offline reading is an important feature for many Safari users, particularly on iOS devices and laptop models. So why doesn’t it work?

December 28, 2017 General, Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Documenting the hidden

They may not cause many problems, but xattrs are both very useful and extensively used by macOS and third-party products. It’s time to discover more, and document them.

December 10, 2017 Macs, Technology, xattr

The correct and current version of MRT can be either 1.26 or 1.27

For the moment, until Apple pushes a future update to bring it to version 1.28 at least, your […]

December 9, 2017 Macs, Technology

Extended attributes: surprisingly common, and information-rich

They’re almost invisible, but surprisingly widely used. xattrs come in very many different types, and contain valuable information. Here are results from analysing most of a Sierra startup volume.

December 7, 2017 Macs, Technology, xattr

More information about your keychains in KeychainCheck 2.0a3

Adds a lot more diagnostic information, including full listings of all Keychains folders, including that for iCloud Keychain.

December 6, 2017 Macs, Technology

Trouble with your keychain? Here’s the first test release of KeychainCheck 2

Completely rewritten to use macOS support libraries, parse log extracts, work with both local and iCloud keychains, and give you controls.

December 2, 2017 Macs, Technology

Behind the Scenes: Open Directory and Kerberos

These services don’t often appear in the limelight, but the recent vulnerability in High Sierra reminds us how important they still are.

December 1, 2017 Macs, Technology

A tale of two Disk Utilities: Sierra and High Sierra

You need to format a USB memory stick in standard ExFAT. Do you try Disk Utility in Sierra, or High Sierra, when both are likely to fail?

November 30, 2017 Macs, Technology

Revealing the Finder’s hidden depths

How to access hidden and protected folders and files in the Finder, including a natty shortcut for Sierra and later.

November 28, 2017 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Vanishing keychains

Why doesn’t High Sierra record the opening of keychains in the log, in the way that Sierra does? Has Apple abandoned the goals of its new unified log?

November 26, 2017 Macs, Technology

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