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Category Archive: Macs

Sandbox and isolate your VMs with a new version of ViableS

A sandboxed and isolation version of Viable designed for security and other researchers, now updated to match features in the latest release of Viable.

August 30, 2023 Macs, Technology, Updates

How Software Update works in Ventura

Opening the settings runs a partial check for updates, but omits important updates, and almost immediately loses its help button.

August 29, 2023 Macs, Technology

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 218

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 218. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Something […]

August 28, 2023 General, Macs, Technology

How to identify the file responsible for a disk error

When you run First Aid, its reports an error with an inode. Here’s how to identify the item responsible by converting that inode number to a file path.

August 28, 2023 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: The problem with macOS keychains

iCloud Keychain is apparently the way ahead, but even Apple has a great deal more work to do before that’s feasible. A look at what’s needed.

August 27, 2023 Macs, Technology

Saturday Mac riddles 218

Here are this weekend’s riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: Something for nothing […]

August 26, 2023 General, Macs, Technology

Maintaining the System: how software update has changed

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From the Mac OS Installer app for 9.1 in 2001, through updates in the App Store, to Software Update settings, with Content Caching servers on the way.

August 26, 2023 Macs, Technology

How could someone steal your keychain’s secrets?

How is an attacker most likely to get their hands on the secrets stored in your Mac’s keychains, and what can you do to protect them?

August 25, 2023 Macs, Technology

Updates for Viable and Vimy, macOS virtualisers on Apple silicon

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Bug fixes in custom MAC addresses, general tidy-up of code, and added docs detailing how to enhance VMs using ARD/VNC.

August 24, 2023 Macs, Technology, Updates

Ignoring ownership and 501 orphans

Rather than migrating some files to a new Mac, they were copied to an external drive. But some of them couldn’t be opened because of ‘permissions’. Here’s why and how to fix it.

August 23, 2023 Macs, Technology

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