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Inside QuickLook previews with qlmanage

Problems with a document thumbnail or preview? Here’s a neat command tool which can help you diagnose and solve them.

April 5, 2018 Macs, Technology

Les PDFs sont merveilleux: but why is Safari loading them in French?

It only happens when I enable Adobe’s PDF Viewer plug-in, but seems a mystery worthy of Hercule Poirot himself.

January 18, 2017 Macs, Technology

My Mac only runs properly in Safe mode

Start up in Safe mode, and it’s stable; restart in ordinary mode, and your Mac is in trouble. How to identify and fix the problem.

September 20, 2016 Macs, Technology

Is OS X getting too overextended for its own security?

Which Finder Sync Extensions are enabled on your Mac? Are any of them malicious?

July 27, 2016 Macs, Technology

Q&A: Help me access my PNG movies

Q Many of the video files I had before upgrading to Yosemite have lost their custom icons, showing […]

April 25, 2015 Macs, Technology

Q&A: Safari crashes when opening

Q Whenever I try to open Safari, I see an alert informing me that it quit unexpectedly while […]

April 13, 2015 Macs, Technology
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