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Last Week on My Mac: Drag, drop, clipping

Drag content from an app onto the Desktop or a location in a Finder window to create a clipping file. Although they date back to the early 1990s, they’re still well supported in Tahoe.

January 4, 2026 Macs, Technology

Data formats used in textClipping, webloc and mailloc files 1994-2025

A summary of the resource types used in these files, and their modern data equivalents, from ‘classic’ Mac text to Unicode, RTF and even WebArchive.

December 30, 2025 Macs, Technology

Use and access clipping files: textClippings, weblocs, and maillocs

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Introduced in about 1999, they come in 3 flavours: weblocs, maillocs and textClippings. How they have changed, how you can still use them, and how to fix them.

December 27, 2025 Macs, Technology

Files that aren’t: how Safari puts weblocs on pause

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Safari 12.1.1 will write a folder of weblocs from its Bookmarks page, but forgets to close and release those files. Look at the problems which result.

May 16, 2019 Macs, Technology
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