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More app updates: SearchKey and SearchKeyLite 1.5, and Scrub 1.3

Two metadata editors, and an app to improve your privacy by cleaning metadata and more. Updated for High Sierra and later.

June 8, 2023 Macs, Technology, Updates

How to move Apple Installers around via AirDrop

AirDrop is very convenient, but sets the quarantine flag, which can break Apple’s installer apps. Here’s how to remove those flags in a couple of minutes.

November 21, 2020 Macs, Technology

Scrub is now a Universal App, and fixes crashes with QuickLook

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A utility for the expert, not a casual user. Can wipe extended attributes, reset file dates, clean your logs, and more.

September 10, 2020 Macs, Technology, Updates

Scrub version 1.1 shouldn’t crash on Catalina

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Fixes a bug which could cause the app to crash when starting to run an audit.

February 24, 2020 Macs, Technology, Updates

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

Scrub Support

This page is for your support questions and comments on my free tool Scrub. Full details, current versions, […]

September 11, 2019 Macs, Technology

Scrub bug fixed, and notarized for Mojave

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Scrub can now clean individual files properly, stripping extended attributes, saved versions, resetting their creation date, and more.

December 3, 2018 Macs, Technology

Scrub goes into its first beta: improved privacy for sensitive documents

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Now surveys and warns of items like apps which could become impaired with over-enthusiastic stripping of xattrs, etc. Great in Dark Mode too.

July 3, 2018 Macs, Technology

Wanted: some brave users to test Scrub

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A first alpha release, which appears stable and almost fully functional, but will cause havoc if used inappropriately.

July 2, 2018 Macs, Technology
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