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Where is my file’s metadata?

Why are some file metadata embedded in their main data, and others stored separately as extended attributes? How can I tell them apart?

October 28, 2023 Macs, Technology

Reversing Spotlight search with a second beta of Spotcord

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Second beta adds support for all metadata keys, has an extensive Help book, and saves results in a text file. Discover the keywords you can search for.

October 12, 2023 Macs, Technology, Updates

Get more from your metadata: reversing Spotlight

Automated image analysis and other tools store keywords in many different types of files. To search effectively for keywords, though, you need to know which terms have been used.

October 2, 2023 Macs, Technology

PostScript’s sudden death in Sonoma

For the last 39 years, PostScript has been at the heart of the Mac, bringing desktop publishing, fonts, and the LaserWriter and other printers. It has been removed from Sonoma.

September 25, 2023 Macs, Technology

How to store data and files securely using macOS

If you’re wondering how to store snippets of private info, sensitive files, or folders full of secrets, here’s how to use the right features in macOS.

August 11, 2023 Macs, Technology

How should you save web pages in Safari?

How should you keep copies of web pages: HTML source, Webarchive, or PDF? Which is the better way to make PDFs in Safari? And what about archive copies?

July 1, 2022 Macs, Technology

Efficient resilient storage

Storage has to be reliable, efficient and resilient. However, efficiency and resilience oppose one another. What’s the best solution? New file formats, CRC in the file system, or what?

May 27, 2022 Macs, Technology

Ruby text in Pages

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A valuable feature for many Pages users, it’s carefully hidden from anyone who doesn’t normally use Japanese, Chinese or Korean.

January 11, 2022 General, Language, Macs, Technology

Podofyllin version 1.1 introduces lightweight bookmarks

New ‘marks’, lightweight bookmarks to make navigating large documents easier. They aren’t written out to the PDF document, though, leaving it intact.

September 25, 2021 General, Language, Macs, Technology, Updates

How to compare two PDF documents

We often need to compare two documents, such as legal agreements or revisions of a report. How can we do this if they’re PDFs?

August 14, 2021 General, Language, Macs, Technology

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