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Last Week on My Mac: Problems of PDF

Why don’t some PDFs display properly outside Adobe software? Will PDFs ever become more accessible? And what to do when they get damaged?

February 17, 2019 General, Language, Macs, Technology

PDF without Adobe: 6 Quartz and Preview

A close look at just what macOS PDF support and Preview can do well, including a hidden file conversion feature.

February 16, 2019 General, Language, Macs, Technology

Getting better document thumbnails and previews

Getting the best out of Quick Look’s document previews and thumbnail icons, in the Finder and the Open File dialog.

February 13, 2018 Macs, Technology

Undead apps, and opting out of App Nap

Four versions of the same app to demonstrate different app states in Sierra and High Sierra, and how your apps can join the undead.

November 15, 2017 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Brilliant but

The odd behaviour of some apps, which quit on their own, but hang around as zombies, and the long battle trying to make sense of logs.

November 12, 2017 Macs, Technology

How to prevent zombies

This week, I have been attacked by zombies – half-dead apps which appear to have quit automatically, but […]

November 8, 2017 Macs, Technology

Return of the zombie app: is it a feature or bug?

Why would anyone tell the user that an app had quit, but actually leave it hanging around, near-useless, in memory?

November 7, 2017 Macs, Technology

Did that app quit, or is it just napping?

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Put TextEdit or Preview into the background when they haven’t got an open window, and they quit automatically, don’t they? Actually they don’t, they just become zombies.

November 6, 2017 Macs, Technology

Can macOS 10.13 High Sierra write HEIF/HEIC image files?

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Which apps can write image files using High Sierra’s wonderful new HEIF? I can’t find one, can you?

October 19, 2017 Macs, Technology

El Capitan bug in Preview 8.1

This scrambles window content, making the app unusable for large images.

July 4, 2016 Macs, Technology

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