I claimed (from a guess) that there might be 0.8 GB of xattrs in my Home folder. I was wildly wrong: there are actually over 3.8 GB. Here’s how xattrs are distributed.
macOS
Apple is in the process of pushing an update to its malware removal tool, MRT, bringing it to […]
Getting the best out of Quick Look’s document previews and thumbnail icons, in the Finder and the Open File dialog.
Many files in macOS are more than just their data, and contain metadata in extended attributes. Does macOS know the true size of any file, taking into account those attributes?
Apple should name macOS version with literary references. Here’s the justification for macOS 10.14 Gormenghast.
Contains binary data on the last integrity check made using fsck on a disk image. Can be deleted to enable some images to be mounted.
Contains details of the last checksum of a disk image, performed using hdiutil verify, which can be compared against that stored in the image. Read-only and compressed images only.
Robust example Swift code for checking the free space available on a volume. A good quick check to run before trying to write out anything hefty.
Several Mac users have contacted me to report apparent contradictions between different estimates of free space remaining on […]
For no apparent reason, Sierra has again downloaded and installed an old ‘security’ update from 2016. Not only that, but it does its utmost to prevent you from finding out, even when studying the log. At least 5 bugs!
The Eclectic Light Company 