What is FileCoordination?
If you see FileCoordination running on your Mac, here is what this file access coordination process does.
Mac
Blog
The Janson Command by Robert Ludlum
In Robert Ludlum’s The Janson Command, co-authored with Paul Garrison, Paul Janson and Jessica Kincaid rescue a doctor in West Africa and uncover an oil cartel pulling the strings.
Books
CFStringTransform
NSString and its toll-free bridged counterpart CFMutableString in Foundation and Core Foundation are highlighted for their exceptional Unicode handling, with CFStringTransform enabling powerful string transformations like stripping diacritics, naming Unicode characters, and transliterating between scripts such as Latin, Cyrillic, and Hiragana.
Development
Monthly update #0267 • July 2012
Monthly update 267 • July 2012 • 2012-07-01 - 2012-07-31
Monthly Updates
Brave
A Bridge Too Far (1977), directed by Richard Attenborough, shows Operation Market Garden. This Allied plan in 1944 aimed to seize bridges in the Netherlands to end the war fast. It failed. The film uses a large cast.
Movies
NSSortDescriptor
NSSortDescriptor is a Foundation class used to sort collections. It is created with a key (property to sort on), ascending (true for ascending order), and optionally a selector or comparator for comparisons.
Development
House M.D.
House M.D. is an American medical drama series. It aired on Fox from 16 November 2004 to 21 May 2012. David Shore created it. Hugh Laurie plays Dr Gregory House, a brilliant but difficult diagnostician who leads a team at the fictional Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital.
TV Series
What is findmymac?
If you see findmymac running on your Mac, here is what this device tracking and security process does.
Mac
What are the managedclient processes?
If you see managedclient processes running on your Mac, here is what these device management processes do.
Mac
NSCache
NSCache works like NSMutableDictionary but removes objects automatically when memory runs low. This saves you from handling memory warnings or setting up timers to clear space.
Development
What is CSCSupportd?
If you see CSCSupportd running on your Mac, here is what this client-side caching process does.
Mac
NSIndexSet
NSIndexSet and its mutable version, NSMutableIndexSet, form a sorted set of unique unsigned integers. They act like an NSRange that allows gaps.
Development
Monthly update #0266 • June 2012
Monthly update 266 • June 2012 • 2012-06-01 - 2012-06-30
Monthly Updates
Ice Age: Continental Drift
Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012), directed by Steve Martino and Mike Thurmeier, splits the herd apart when the continents begin to shift. Ray Romano voices Manny, who is set adrift on an iceberg and must find his way back to his family.
Movies
Quiet by Susan Cain
Susan Cain challenges the prevailing notion that extroversion is the sole determinant of success.
Books
What is odproxyd?
If you see odproxyd running on your Mac, here is what this directory services process does.
Mac
What is RFBEventHelper?
If you see RFBEventHelper running on your Mac, here is what this screen sharing process does.
Mac
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (2012), directed by Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath, and Conrad Vernon, follows the zoo animals across Europe as they join a travelling circus to escape a relentless animal control officer. Ben Stiller voices Alex the lion.
Movies
Steve Jobs at the D: All Things Digital Conference
There’s lots of video of the late Steve Jobs, primarily from his famous introductions of Apple products over the years, and his oft-quoted Stanford commencement address.
Gems
Monthly update #0265 • May 2012
Monthly update 265 • May 2012 • 2012-05-01 - 2012-05-31
Monthly Updates
Pentecost
Years of reflection make Pentecost even more meaningful. The Holy Spirit came to unite and empower the church.
Christianity
Useful macOS defaults: Desktop Services
Handy defaults write commands for com.apple.desktopservices, controlling .DS_Store files and Finder behaviour.
Mac
What is locationd and why does it want to use Location Services?
If you see locationd running on your Mac or get location permission prompts, here is what this process does.
Mac
The Grey
The Grey (2011), directed by Joe Carnahan, follows men who crash in Alaska. Liam Neeson plays Ottway, a hunter who guards oil workers. He knows wolves and death.
Movies
Ascension Day
Years of reflection make Ascension Day even more meaningful. Jesus left the earth but sent his Spirit.
Christianity