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Sonoma’s lost versions bug: what it is and how to safeguard versions

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How to reproduce this serious bug in Sonoma 14.4, and how to archive all the versions of a file or document so they can’t get destroyed.

March 19, 2024 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Working together, not apart

If you want to work on the same document across different Apple platforms, then the option providing most restrictive access to saved versions is iCloud Drive.

February 18, 2024 Macs, Technology

How you still can’t share document versions in iCloud

If you use apps like Pages and Numbers, and others using macOS versions, those versions can’t be shared across iCloud. Over 13 years, Apple still hasn’t got that working as you’d expect.

February 16, 2024 Macs, Technology

A layered approach to preserving documents

Preserve documents according to how much time or money would be needed to replace them. For work in progress, macOS versioning can be a great help.

February 8, 2024 Macs, Technology

Updates: Revisionist 1.9, Spundle 1.7, Stibium 1.1, Taccy 1.15 and UTIutility 1.3

For working with document versions, managing sparse bundles, benchmarking disk performance, checking TCC privacy protection, and looking up UTIs.

June 21, 2023 Macs, Technology, Updates

Between Undo and backups: document versions

Now supported by many apps, document versions are a free and valuable feature in macOS. Here’s a summary of its features and how to get most from it.

June 3, 2023 Macs, Technology

How macOS versions help you recover from errors

Document versions, accessed through Revert To…, are a major part of the protection macOS provides for dealing with errors. How to get the most from them.

August 5, 2022 Macs, Technology

How to recover old versions of Xcode source

Every time you save a file or build in Xcode, changed source files are added to the version database. Use this powerful tool to go where backups and Git can’t.

August 2, 2022 Macs, Technology

Troubleshooting macOS versioning

Although problems are rare, solutions are very limited. How to test the version system, and the few things you can do to fix it.

September 6, 2021 Macs, Technology

Explainer: the macOS versioning system

Bridging the gap between Undo and backup, its a major productivity feature implemented using a hidden folder at the top level of each volume.

September 4, 2021 Macs, Technology

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