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Demonstrating causal connections using the log

I’m browsing images in the Finder, when my software firewall tells me macOS is trying to phone home to one of Apple’s servers. We all know what that means, don’t we?

January 20, 2023 Macs, Technology

How Rich Text can vanish in QuickLook

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You preview a major Rich Text document, which QuickLook shows as completely empty. Has something terrible happened, or is it just a four year-old bug?

August 3, 2022 Macs, Technology

What’s in that app? A guide to app internal structure

What are all those files and folders doing inside an app? Which can you safely change to customise an app? Why all the helpers?

December 13, 2021 Macs, Technology

Can you trust QuickLook in Big Sur?

It’s enough to make you and Edvard Munch scream: every QuickLook thumbnail and preview has rounded corners. They scream out the arrogance of the designer.

December 7, 2020 General, Macs, Painting, Technology

QuickLook thumbnails don’t always render JPEGs right

Strange moiré effects seen in some QuickLook thumbnails lead down another rabbit hole in what we thought was reliable code.

June 3, 2020 Macs, Technology

What happens when you double-click a document? Processes, problems and solutions

An explanation of the magic which takes place when you double-click a document, the things that can go wrong, and how to fix them.

May 4, 2020 Macs, Technology

18 months on and Dark Mode still doesn’t work properly

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Obvious problems include QuickLook thumbnails and previews which display white text on a white background.

March 6, 2020 Macs, Technology

Finder still thinks this Mac’s got a hard disk, and won’t set Preview Options

Three Finder bugs in 10.15.3, from the plain silly to infuriating. Every Mac still has a hard disk, Preview Options that don’t work, and a very old fiend.

February 27, 2020 Macs, Technology

How Scrub 1.0 can help protect your privacy

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Need to clean documents of metadata, remove versions, and zero their datestamps? Here’s the utility to help, when used wisely.

September 12, 2019 Macs, Technology, Updates

Known bugs in macOS Mojave 10.14.6: an incomplete summary

Little changed from 10.14.5, the final release of Mojave still has many significant bugs. Here’s a partial listing.

July 24, 2019 Macs, Technology

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