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Spotlight on search: How to diagnose and fix problems

Indexing and search diagrammed, leading to the diagnosis of problems with Spotlight, and their resolution.

February 19, 2021 Macs, Technology

Why reporting bugs to Apple may harm software quality

Apple asks us to report all bugs through Feedback, a system which it controls, and uses to its own advantage. Doing so discourages Apple from thoroughly testing its products, and we’re the losers.

February 16, 2021 Macs, Technology

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 86

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 86. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Julian, […]

February 15, 2021 General, Macs, Technology

Saturday Mac riddles 86

Here are this weekend’s riddles to entertain you through whatever you’re now allowed to do. 1: Julian, Gregorian […]

February 13, 2021 General, Macs, Technology

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 85

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 85. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Foot, […]

February 8, 2021 General, Macs, Technology

How to test Spotlight out in 30 seconds with Mints 1.0b11

New version of free utility Mints includes a powerful new feature for checking Spotlight’s indexing and search. Here’s how to use it.

February 8, 2021 Macs, Technology, Updates

Saturday Mac riddles 85

Here are this weekend’s riddles to entertain you through whatever you’re now allowed to do. 1: Foot, marginal, […]

February 6, 2021 General, Macs, Technology

Apple has pushed updates to XProtect and MRT

Apple has just pushed two updates, to the data files used by XProtect, bringing its version number to […]

February 4, 2021 Macs, Technology, Updates

Ulbow 1.5 and Consolation 3.11 improve preference handling

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No longer do you need to fiddle around pre-installing preference files, and each app can now reset its preferences to the defaul

February 3, 2021 Macs, Technology, Updates

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 84

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 84. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Tooth, […]

February 1, 2021 General, Macs, Technology

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