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Permissions in the Finder and command line

Setting permissions in Terminal is simple. This basic introduction explains how to understand the notation used, and save yourself time fiddling in the Finder.

March 17, 2018 Macs, Technology

How big is that file? How Finder and Terminal file sizes can mislead

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Do you trust the file size given in Finder’s Get Info dialog? Perhaps you shouldn’t, as it only consider part of the file, its data fork.

January 30, 2018 Macs, Technology, xattr

Blowhole advanced: writing a command tool in Swift 3, and more

Here’s a tool which lets AppleScript and anything else which can run a shell command make an entry in Sierra’s logs.

February 13, 2017 Macs, Technology

Interchangeability of Finder, Terminal, and AppleScript

It can be valuable to know how to restart, run a command, and open an app using Terminal, AppleScript, and different methods in the Finder.

December 17, 2016 Macs, Technology

Writing LogLogger2 in AppleScript: dialog and advanced shell scripting

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Writing advanced dialog code and building a friendly front-end for a complicated command tool, in AppleScript.

October 14, 2016 Macs, Technology

Bugs in the logs: Sierra’s new logs are far from perfect

If you can’t use Console, use the log command in Terminal – except that has some major bugs which will hide log entries from you.

October 4, 2016 Macs, Technology

Welcome to macOS Sierra’s new Console: it’s buried in Terminal

So how do you check your logs to see if backups have been made correctly? Forget Console – you’ve got to use Terminal.

September 29, 2016 Macs, Technology

The trashed server hoax

Did Marco Marsala really wipe his complete company out with an error in a command?

April 17, 2016 General, Macs, Technology

Q&A: Unhiding your Home Library folder

How can I unhide my Home Library folder using a Terminal command?

November 30, 2015 Macs, Technology

Encryption: secure at the command line

How to build commands to robustly encrypt and decrypt files on your Mac.

November 10, 2015 Macs, Technology

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