Spring is here – time to do some cleaning of the blog to help you access current articles more easily.
OS X
Topical listing of articles about older versions of OS X up to 10.10, and other less current material about Macs and related topics.
A starting point for diagnosing and fixing your Mac problems, with links to key articles here.
Why does almost every Mac user use their system in an admin role? Shouldn’t macOS encourage us to be ‘normal’ users?
From 10.8 onwards, you will not see the classic grey display, but your Mac will spontaneously restart or shut down. Here are the details, and what to do next.
Just two days after its last update to macOS Sierra’s Gatekeeper Configuration Data, Apple has pushed out another […]
Overnight, Apple has pushed a silent update to the Gatekeeper security data for macOS 10.12 Sierra and, presumably, […]
There’s more to the Finder’s illusions than plain folders. Here’s an explanation of packages and bundles, and how to use and abuse them.
Is Sierra’s Apple Help on its way out? If not, how does it differ from that documented 8 years ago for Leopard – when the current docs were last revised.
So how can you add proper help to your app? Amazingly, Xcode’s Help doesn’t even mention Help. It’s time to invest in Help Crafter.
The Eclectic Light Company 