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Using macOS versions beyond local volumes

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It’s all too easy to lose all previous versions of a document: one false move to another volume, to iCloud, or shared over a network and they’ve gone. How can you preserve them?

August 8, 2022 Macs, Technology

How macOS versions help you recover from errors

Document versions, accessed through Revert To…, are a major part of the protection macOS provides for dealing with errors. How to get the most from them.

August 5, 2022 Macs, Technology

How to recover old versions of Xcode source

Every time you save a file or build in Xcode, changed source files are added to the version database. Use this powerful tool to go where backups and Git can’t.

August 2, 2022 Macs, Technology

Revisionist version 1.3 has major improvements

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Includes improved text view functionality, integrity checks, and automatic checking and downloading of updates.

June 3, 2019 Macs, Technology

When is an update?

Am I right to claim that a macOS update contains many updated apps and components even when their version numbers don’t change? And what is going on with APFS?

June 6, 2018 Macs, Technology

Which version was that? How to check which version you’re using

Are still running macOS 10.12.6 (16G29)? Where can you find that build number of macOS? Should it matter?

October 14, 2017 Macs, Technology

Words on Macs: 4 Command and control

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Have you ever had a word processor freeze on you, trashing your work? Or has an editor asked you to make changes, then changed their mind again? You should use version control.

March 30, 2015 Language, Macs, Technology
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