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An easier way to check Time Machine: T2M2

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One of the original reasons for my tools to open access to macOS Sierra’s new unified log system […]

May 20, 2017 Macs, Technology

macOS Sierra bug not fixed: Time Machine backups still stop working

The old bug in macOS Sierra, which has been present since its first release last year, resulting in […]

May 13, 2017 Macs, Technology

Beyond Scripting in Swift: Reading and writing property lists

Implementing file save and file open for Property Lists using Swift 3.

May 6, 2017 Macs, Technology

DispatchRider into second alpha, with saved activities and more

New release lets you save and re-open activity configurations in simple plist files, and fixes a couple of annoying bugs.

May 5, 2017 Macs, Technology

Two ways to run background tasks: comparing launchd and GCD

Background activities scheduled by third-party software currently use launchd, and run the risk of affecting the user. Would GCD be a better choice of dispatcher?

May 5, 2017 Macs, Technology

Removing all your old backups: a tortuous tale of permissions and links

It’s tempting just to put the folder in the Trash. But this could be a quick way to acquire a more complex problem.

May 4, 2017 Macs, Technology

Beyond Scripting in Swift: Running background activities

Getting GCD to schedule and dispatch a packaged external task, like a backup, is actually straightforward. Here’s how.

May 3, 2017 Macs, Technology

Keeping Background Tasks in the Background: DispatchRider

An experimental tool to let you schedule background tasks of your own, which are managed by Grand Central Dispatch. First alpha release.

May 2, 2017 Macs, Technology

Has Apple fixed the bug which made Time Machine backups irregular?

Irregular Time Machine backups are one of Sierra’s great mysteries. It now looks as if they might have been fixed in 10.12.4.

April 21, 2017 Macs, Technology

How timely are scheduled events in Sierra?

Schedule a periodic task as a Launch Agent. How close to the expected time does macOS actually run it?

March 23, 2017 Macs, Technology

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