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Two more notarizations: Cirrus (for iCloud) and Apfelstrudel

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Both apps have been notarized now, for added security protection, particularly when used in Mojave.

November 8, 2018 Macs, Technology

Using Unicode better

Trying to work with Unicode can be frustrating at times. Here’s an excellent free book with valuable practical tips for all users, and much more for linguists too.

August 31, 2018 General, Language, Macs, Technology

Two command tools updated for Mojave: alisma and unormal

Create and resolve Finder aliases from the command line, and convert Unicode strings into any of their normalised forms.

July 13, 2018 Macs, Technology

More app updates: Unicode and text tools

Apfelstrudel, which explores Unicode normalisation and string operations; Dystextia for obfuscating Roman text using spoofing; and Rosettavert for converting between text encodings.

July 7, 2018 Macs, Technology

Compound emoji can confuse

If you’re not sure what a ZWJ is, then now’s the time to catch up. How Unicode emoji have made it impossible to count characters.

March 15, 2018 General, Language, Macs, Technology

Dystextia, Apfelstrudel, Rosettavert and unorml updated for High Sierra

Tools for examining Unicode normalisation, converting between text encodings, and for obfuscating text using similar Unicode characters.

September 21, 2017 Macs, Technology

More Fun Scripting with Swift in Xcode: String search

Which String.contains() variant should you use, and how can you give access to regex searching? More answers coded in Swift 3.1.

August 4, 2017 Macs, Technology

APFS: iOS 11 and High Sierra will fix normalisation problems

Apple now states that APFS will handle the problems of normalisation of file and folder names. At least in iOS 10.3.3 and macOS 10.12.6, due shortly.

July 17, 2017 Macs, Technology

High Sierra and filenames: Apple is relenting

Apple is making adjustments to its new APFS file system for iOS. Will that bring similar improvements in compatibility to High Sierra?

July 5, 2017 Macs, Technology

Mangle that text more with Dystextia 1.2

This new version has performance improvements, and can now encode almost every character in normal English text to an obscure Unicode codepoint. Total obfuscation!

July 3, 2017 General, Language, Macs, Technology

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