What are the differences, what can you do with each of the two formats, and when should you use them?
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Does using xattr flags disrupt Spotlight indexing, and how are those flags respected using different methods of copying a file?
Little changed from 10.14.5, the final release of Mojave still has many significant bugs. Here’s a partial listing.
So how can apps and users preserve file metadata using these xattr flags? Part of the solution is straightforward, but there’s a major limitation.
For the last six years, extended attributes have had flags to determine how they’re handled when copied. Here are the details, and how this affects iCloud.
Apple has pushed an update to the data used by Gatekeeper, bringing its version number to 173, dated […]
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Three more riddles about Mac, computing, and related matters, for your entertainment. Answers on Monday morning.
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