macOS Tips

It’s not super obvious, but macOS actually has 3 Library folders:

• /Library
• System/Library
• Users/<YOUR USERNAME>/Library or ~/Library

The last Library is know as the user library, and is where your user customizations will be stored. For instance application data and preferences, and also data and preferences unique to your user account. Your Safari browser cookies and cache is a great example of this. Normally you don’t really want to dig around in the user library (or any of the Libraries really), but sometimes there is good reason. For example, you want to completely uninstall an app, and also want to remove all preferences and data for that app. The User Library is likely where you will find all those things. I’ll quickly outline 4 simple methods to show the User Library.

So you’ve built your great new super awesome macOS or iOS app. Your app has gone viral, and sales are going great! What’s next? Well, the obvious smart choice is localization.

What is Localization?

Localization involves translating your app, and making changes to the way dates and currencies are displayed, and possibly even changing your UI/UX to better support different cultures. This article will focus on how exactly you go about translating your app strings into another language. I’ll go through the process for a super simple app.

Hiding (and un-hiding) files on macOS is relatively easy. While it is not a recommended method for hiding sensitive documents, it can be a great privacy technique to quickly hide files and folders from casual snooping. Let’s walk through the process of quickly hiding a file.

A computer is a great place to store sensitive data. Banking details, financial records, business and personal documents can all be neatly tucked away in folders and easily recovered when we need them most. Because we trust our computer with much (if not all) of our professional and personal data, there are a few simple measures that can easily be followed to keep everything where it should be - In our, and only our possession! In this blog, I have already given some tips to help protect your online activities. In this post, i’d like to outline a few simple things we can do to protect our offline data.

A personal computer or phone while very powerful devices, do have limited uses. Through the installation of third party apps, they can become powerful tools catering to our very own highly specific private use cases. It does however pay to be at least a little wary about what we choose to install.