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macOS Unified log: 2 content and extraction

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Formatting log extracts, understanding and selecting the fields to display, predicates to filter an extract, using string search, and top-down search for working with the unified log.

March 20, 2018 Macs, Technology

macOS Unified log: 1 why, what and how

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How it came about, what Apple’s goals were and their effect on the log contents, how it works, and an overview of the tools available to work with it.

March 19, 2018 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Talking the same language

We eradicated smallpox, and are on the verge of doing the same to polio. Simple lessons on naming and communicating extend to macOS malware, and Apple’s role.

March 18, 2018 General, Language, Macs, Technology

Permissions in the Finder and command line

Setting permissions in Terminal is simple. This basic introduction explains how to understand the notation used, and save yourself time fiddling in the Finder.

March 17, 2018 Macs, Technology

Compound emoji can confuse

If you’re not sure what a ZWJ is, then now’s the time to catch up. How Unicode emoji have made it impossible to count characters.

March 15, 2018 General, Language, Macs, Technology

What can you do inside your Time Machine backups?

Time Machine backups look like ordinary files and folders, but you have to be careful what you do to them. Here’s how you can go inside them in safety, and what you can do.

March 13, 2018 Macs, Technology

Preview any file from a macOS Bookmark, and an oddity in Quick Look

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Preciziun can now open documents from their macOS Bookmarks, and preview them in Quick Look.

March 10, 2018 Macs, Technology

Pick your Panacea: how to select a generic fix

When should you reset your SMC and NVRAM, repair permissions, install a Combo update, or re-install the whole of macOS?

March 9, 2018 Macs, Technology

Using macOS Bookmarks as enduring references: Precize and Preciziun

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Wouldn’t it be good to be able to locate important documents using Bookmarks, which endure even when you restart, or move the document? Now you can.

March 8, 2018 Macs, Technology

Common packages: documents which are folders in drag

One of the Finder’s grand illusions, these are standard documents actually composed of a hierarchy of files and folders. Here are some details of common packages.

March 7, 2018 Macs, Technology

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