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Precize version 1 is now released, with an improved document window, extensive Help book, and more

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Provides a unique collection of info, including volfs path, inode number, extended attribute and total sizes, Base-64 encoded Bookmark, and more.

May 26, 2018 Macs, Technology

Inspect the deepest details of your files with Precize 1.0b6

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New version integrates Bookmark resolution, preview, etc. and has detailed reporting. Runs on El Cap to High Sierra, HFS+ and APFS.

May 15, 2018 Macs, Technology

APFS, File Reference URLs, inodes and Finder Syncs

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Why wasn’t a Finder Sync extension working properly? What’s the difference between volfs and FileReferenceURLs, and how have they changed in APFS?

May 9, 2018 Macs, Technology

Scripting in Swift: Checking free disk space

Robust example Swift code for checking the free space available on a volume. A good quick check to run before trying to write out anything hefty.

February 5, 2018 Macs, Technology

Easy access to xattrs from Swift 4: Martin R’s URL extension

Extension functions for the URL class which provide full access to xattrs without leaving the comfort of Swift 4.

December 12, 2017 Macs, Technology, xattr

Dystextia: a platform for exploring Unicode encoding problems, obfuscating text, and spoofing

Want to hide text from electronic searching and matching? Or just explore some of Unicode’s encoding issues? Here’s a useful tool.

June 13, 2017 General, Language, Macs, Technology

Why we can’t keep stringing along with Unicode

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Unicode is wonderful, a foundation for culture, but flawed. With characters that are visually indistinguishable having different encodings, it is rotting our filenames, URLs, and strings.

June 10, 2017 General, Language, Macs, Technology

Last Week on my Mac: Creaky old internet

You may think that you type URLs into your browser. In fact they’re IRIs, and the internet still can’t cope with Unicode. Why not?

January 8, 2017 General, Language, Macs, Technology

How fix a URL which breaks because of Unicode content

You paste a link containing Unicode characters such as accents, and it doesn’t work as you expect. Here’s how to fix it.

January 7, 2017 Macs, Technology

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