What is DataDetectorsSourceAccess?
If you see DataDetectorsSourceAccess running on your Mac, here is what this data detection process does.
Mac
Blog
Pentecost
Pentecost continues to shape my adult life. The events of that first Pentecost bring lasting peace.
Christianity
NSCoding / NSKeyedArchiver
Apple gives options like Core Data or NSKeyedArchiver with NSKeyedUnarchiver. These turn objects into data and back again.
Development
Ascension Day
Ascension Day continues to shape my adult life. The events of that first Ascension Day bring lasting peace.
Christianity
Monthly update #0276 • April 2013
Monthly update 276 • April 2013 • 2013-04-01 - 2013-04-30
Monthly Updates
MKLocalSearch
MKLocalSearch lets your app search for places (restaurants, shops, etc.) using normal language, all powered by Apple’s own data.
Development
What is secd?
If you see secd in Activity Monitor, here is what this macOS process does and why it is running.
Mac
Iron Man 3
Iron Man 3 (2013), directed by Shane Black, follows Tony Stark after the events that nearly broke him. Robert Downey Jr. plays Tony, who suffers from panic attacks and buries himself in building suits he cannot stop making.
Movies
Useful macOS defaults: Disk Utility
Handy defaults write commands for com.apple.DiskUtility, controlling what Disk Utility shows.
Mac
What is findmymacmessenger?
If you see findmymacmessenger running on your Mac, here is what this Find My messaging process does.
Mac
NSSecureCoding
NSSecureCoding is a protocol from iOS 6 / OS X Mountain Lion. It adds the class method supportsSecureCoding.
Development
Monthly update #0275 • March 2013
Monthly update 275 • March 2013 • 2013-03-01 - 2013-03-31
Monthly Updates
Happy Easter
Easter continues to shape my adult life. The events of that first Easter weekend bring lasting peace.
Christianity
Good Friday
Good Friday continues to shape my adult life. The events of that first Good Friday bring lasting peace.
Christianity
Borgen
Borgen is a Danish political drama series. It aired on DR1 with three seasons from 26 September 2010 to 10 March 2013. Adam Price created it. Sidse Babett Knudsen plays Birgitte Nyborg, a politician who becomes Denmark's first female Prime Minister by chance.
TV Series
What are the xpc system daemons?
If you see xpc.roleaccountd, xpc.smd, or xpc.uscwoap running on your Mac, here is what these XPC processes do.
Mac
Monthly update #0274 • February 2013
Monthly update 274 • February 2013 • 2013-02-01 - 2013-02-28
Monthly Updates
NSAssertionHandler
In Objective-C, Foundation has macros like NSAssert for methods and NSCAssert for functions. They also have versions for parameters: NSParameterAssert and NSCParameterAssert.
Development
NSURLCache
NSURLCache is the built-in, automatic HTTP(S) cache used by NSURLConnection, NSURLSession (default/ephemeral configs), and WKWebView.
Development
Monthly update #0273 • January 2013
Monthly update 273 • January 2013 • 2013-01-01 - 2013-01-31
Monthly Updates
NSValue
NSValue is the lightweight way to put any C scalar or struct (int, float, CGPoint, CGRect, NSRange, etc.) into an object so it can live in NSArray, NSDictionary, NSSet, etc.
Development
The Killing
The Killing is a Danish crime drama series. It aired on DR1 from 7 January 2007 to 25 November 2012. Søren Sveistrup created it. Sofie Gråbøl plays Sarah Lund, a detective in Copenhagen who cannot let go of a case until she finds the truth.
TV Series
NSLocalizedString
NSLocalizedString is a macro in Foundation that gives a localised version of a string. It takes a key to find the string and a comment to help translators.
Development
Useful macOS defaults: Dashboard
Handy defaults write commands for com.apple.dashboard, controlling the legacy Dashboard widgets feature.
Mac
Monthly update #0272 • December 2012
Monthly update 272 • December 2012 • 2012-12-01 - 2012-12-31
Monthly Updates