All about helpd and HelpViewer, how they index and maintain Help books. And what has gone wrong recently, including an odd difference between Intel and Apple silicon Macs.
Category Archive: Macs
Which extended attributes are attached to downloaded archives and apps? How do they fit in with provenance tracking?
If you thought that App Translocation only happens to apps left in their original folders and not moved, and doesn’t happen after first run, this could come as a surprise.
I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 202. Here are my solutions to them. 1: For […]
Full listings of each version of macOS and update installed on that Mac, now includes RSRs. A mine of information.
Major macOS releases from Sierra to Ventura, with full details of each release and security update. Also updates to XProtect, MRT and Gatekeeper.
We should have expected Apple to remain silent about what the RSR does. But ruining its own clean and logical version numbering system was unexpected.
Here are this weekend’s riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: For three years […]
With the sealed system and Cryptexes, macOS updates are less likely to cause problems. As RSRs are easy to uninstall, it’s simple to test whether they’re the cause.
In just over a month, Apple is expected to announce macOS 14. How many Intel Macs without T2 chips are likely to be supported? What about their firmware?
The Eclectic Light Company 