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Category Archive: Macs

Do Ventura’s signature checks work?

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Are additional Gatekeeper checks in Ventura effective, and worth the effort? Surely malware can bypass them easily.

March 7, 2023 Macs, Technology

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 193

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 193. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Pianist’s […]

March 6, 2023 General, Macs, Technology

How troubleshooting has changed with macOS security

macOS has changed fundamentally. So has troubleshooting it. Secure Boot, the SSV, and Gatekeeper checks bring changes in strategy.

March 6, 2023 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: KeySteal, Honkbox and BadGacha

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Two updates to macOS security tools and the malware they protect against, including a test of XProtect Remediator against KeySteal.

March 5, 2023 Macs, Technology

Saturday Mac riddles 193

Here are this weekend’s riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: Pianist’s notes for […]

March 4, 2023 General, Macs, Technology

Custom Finder icons, resources and Mac OS history

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How to give apps, folders and files custom icons, and how that still uses resource forks, just as it did back in 1984.

March 4, 2023 Macs, Technology

What’s the overhead of using APFS encryption?

Is the performance overhead of using APFS Encrypted volumes to store sensitive data a reason for not doing so?

March 3, 2023 Macs, Technology

Apple has just released an update to XProtect Remediator

Apple has just released an update to XProtect Remediator security software for Macs running Catalina or later, bringing […]

March 2, 2023 Macs, Technology, Updates

Recovery on Apple silicon Macs has changed again

A new way to enter fallback Recovery can now be triggered during a restart. Here’s a full review of primary and fallback Recovery modes for M1 and M2 Macs.

March 2, 2023 Macs, Technology

How does Time Machine make a backup?

Detailed account from the decision to start making an automatic backup to its final reporting and completion, for Ventura 13.2.1 to local storage.

March 1, 2023 Macs, Technology

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