It seems Apple is increasingly more cautious in preventing certain downloaded applications from opening in the latest versions of their OS. In the Privacy and Security panel of the System Settings there is now no longer an option to allow applications from anywhere other than the App Store or identified developers. In previous OS […]
Category: Software
Fix “App is Damaged Can’t Be Opened”
See this article: How to fix damaged app message on macOS Sierra and here: Fix “App is Damaged Can’t Be Opened” Error Messages in Mac OS X
Free Graphics software
INKSCAPE Free vector graphics software https://inkscape.org/en/ Is this as good as Illustrator. How do they compare? GIMP The free and open source image editor https://www.gimp.org/ Is this a serious challenger to Photoshop? – and is Scribus a serious contender to InDesign, or another PageMaker?
Office for Free
Libre Office (Mac, Windows and Linux) Apache Open Office (Mac, Windows and Linux) Windows and Linux http://www.freeoffice.com/
Apple Works – converting files
Apple Works, and previously Claris Works files cannot be opened in any current version of iWorks (Pages, Numbers, Keynote) Fortunately there is a way to convert those old files to a format which can at least be opened. Libre Office is available as a free download and will open many file types including Claris/Apple works […]
Backup software – Mac OS X
Backing up should be the most important thing you do. Computers can be replaced but not your valuable data. When (not if) disaster strikes, having a backup can help get you back up and running quickly as well as keeping your data safe, by having it backed up to another location. Apple Time Machine, which […]