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Scrub bug fixed, and notarized for Mojave

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Scrub can now clean individual files properly, stripping extended attributes, saved versions, resetting their creation date, and more.

December 3, 2018 Macs, Technology

New versions of Cirrus and xattred

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Small changes in tables which allow you to navigate using the cursor keys – but should greatly improve their usability. Recommended for all users.

November 27, 2018 Macs, Technology

xattred 1.0b9: now fully equipped for Mojave, and notarized

This new version has full access to files and folders, even with Mojave’s privacy protection in force.

August 29, 2018 Macs, Technology

How to check that a file really is a faithful copy: Take 2, archives

Comparing the contents of archive files, such as .sit(x) and .zip archives, can be simple, but quickly gets more complex.

August 4, 2018 Macs, Technology

xattred 1.0b8 can now compare the xattrs of two files

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This new version adds a simple tool to discover any differences in extended attributes between two files.

July 30, 2018 Macs, Technology

How to check that a file really is a faithful copy

Comparing the data in two files is easy, but what about its extended attributes? There hasn’t been a simple tool to do that, until now.

July 28, 2018 Macs, Technology

Open a document: how it works, and where it can go wrong, 3: Launch

Last of 3 articles explains how macOS selects and starts the app with which to open a document which you double-clicked/tapped.

July 12, 2018 Macs, Technology

When you can’t get macOS to forget

The greatest skill in memory is not the remembering, but knowing what to forget – something that macOS is useless at. Why doesn’t it clear out its old crud?

July 4, 2018 Macs, Technology

Scrub goes into its first beta: improved privacy for sensitive documents

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Now surveys and warns of items like apps which could become impaired with over-enthusiastic stripping of xattrs, etc. Great in Dark Mode too.

July 3, 2018 Macs, Technology

Wanted: some brave users to test Scrub

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A first alpha release, which appears stable and almost fully functional, but will cause havoc if used inappropriately.

July 2, 2018 Macs, Technology

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