It’s the master compositor, laying all windows out to generate the image to be displayed. It also handles input and other event routing, as it knows where each app’s windows are, and which are at the front.
macOS
Apple has just released an update to XProtect, bringing it to version 5324. As usual, it doesn’t release […]
I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 337. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Passing […]
By default, quarantine xattrs aren’t attached to new files created by an app. That behaviour is controlled by a setting in their Info.plist, and can be overridden in an Exceptions property list.
Here are this weekend’s Mac riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: Passing time […]
How Mac applications evolved from a multitude of resources to a bundle formed from a standard layout of directories, and how they have come to be largely self-contained in macOS 26.
I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 336. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Interchange […]
What was the key to successfully learning to drive, ride a bike, or speak a foreign language? Confidence, and it’s every bit as important in computing, and in macOS.
Here are this weekend’s Mac riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: Interchange of […]
Drag and drop files you want to convert to a different format, and Textovert will call textutil to do that for you. Quick, simple and convenient.
The Eclectic Light Company 