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Archaeology 1.4

Mothers Ruin Software (Mastodon): Enhanced the decoding of Saved Application State to extract a couple of categories of data that were previously being ignored: For a sandboxed, document-based app, the security-scoped bookmarks that are associated with an NSDocument will now be shown, usually as an additional archive labeled _NSDocument [Security-Scoped Bookmarks]. This is an array […]

Apparency 2.3

Mothers Ruin Software (Mastodon): Changed the info pane to show Quarantine rather than Downloaded. Modern macOS likes to quarantine files that are opened by a sandboxed app, seemingly resulting in more non-download quarantines than actual downloads. You can still click on the quarantine date here to see what app triggered it and how — for […]

iOS Simulator Files.app Broken by Symlink

Jeff Johnson: I found that the Apple Files app was broken in the simulator, which prevented me from setting up my app properly for my screenshots. I couldn’t share a file on my Mac with the simulator. I couldn’t save a file on the simulator, for example from my own app or from the Apple […]

JavaScript Runtimes of the Last Decade

Whatever, Jamie (via Hacker News): This last decade has seen an inundation of new JavaScript runtimes (and engines in equal measure), enabling us to run JavaScript in all manner of contexts with precise fitness for task. Through these, we’ve seen the language spread to the Cloud, the edge, Smart TVs, mobile devices, and even microcontrollers.In […]

The Talk Show: ‘Weird Turtle Fake Out’

Matthew Panzarino returns to the show. Topics include 007 logo creator Joe Caroff’s death at 103, Google’s weird “Made by Google” event hosted by Jimmy Fallon, the UK supposedly dropping its demand for an iCloud encryption backdoor, and Apple’s workaround for the Apple Watch blood oxygen sensor patent stalemate.

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