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Teaching an old Finder new tricks: batch rename and Quick Look

Finder revision class: two valuable enhancements for working with batches of items, to rename them, and display previews.

July 22, 2017 Macs, Technology

Apple has pushed a further Gatekeeper update

Apple has pushed out another silent update to Gatekeeper’s configuration data, which brings it to version 118. As […]

July 14, 2017 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Making a mess of preferences

The current macOS implementation of preferences is appalling design in every respect, and is essentially undocumented even for developers. Is this the way that macOS is heading?

July 9, 2017 Macs, Technology

Apple has silently updated Gatekeeper data

Apple has today updated Gatekeeper configuration data to version 117 (116 seems to have been skipped). Apple does […]

July 8, 2017 Macs, Technology

Sticky preferences: why trashing or editing them may not change anything

Have you ever tried removing or editing a preference file, to no effect? This explains why that happens, and how to get changes to work properly.

July 6, 2017 Macs, Technology

Diving even deeper into preferences

Problems with preference files can easily crash an app, even when the file looks fine, and its permissions are correct. Here’s why and how.

July 4, 2017 Macs, Technology

Apple has pushed silent updates to Gatekeeper and MRT data

Apple has pushed out silent updates to Gatekeeper’s configuration data, bringing it to version 115, and to MRT […]

July 1, 2017 Macs, Technology

I can’t log in: what to do when you forget your password, or its doesn’t work

You suddenly can’t remember your password, or your Mac won’t accept what you think is your password. What do you do next?

June 30, 2017 Macs, Technology

LaunchAgents and LaunchDaemons: Closing the vulnerability

OS X and macOS make it very easy for malware to make itself persistent. It’s time for High Sierra to improve protection of the user.

June 24, 2017 Macs, Technology

Taking Charge of Time Machine Backups: backing up on demand

How to run one-off backups, how to cancel automatic backups, and how to set your own backup schedules.

May 27, 2017 Macs, Technology

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