How APFS containers and volumes work. What hard links, clones and sparse files are, and when they break down.
Category Archive: Macs
The M1 series shot from 4 performance cores to 16, Ventura turned up as an update instead of an upgrade, then there came cryptexes, System Settings and Stage Manager.
Here are this weekend’s riddles to entertain you through into the New Year. 1: When Messages came from […]
XProtect Remediator takes on XCSSET (DubRobber) malware. Does it detect and remove it?
You’re in control of a traditional file system, but with snapshots, clones, sparse files and other volumes sharing free space, APFS isn’t as simple.
Changes in Endpoint Security in Ventura allow it to be used to monitor the results of anti-malware scans performed by XProtect Remediator. Are they better than the log?
Refactored for a smoother experience and with control over shared folders, Viable beta 7 now has a sandboxed and locked-down sibling ViableS, ideal for research.
I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Christmas Mac Riddles, episode 183. Here are my solutions to them. 1: […]
ResEdit changed what was in the resource fork. With Mac OS X, Apple moved away from forks to extended attributes, now used for quarantine flags and more.
Fixes a problem exporting log entries in CSV format, and provides information about current log length. Happy Boxing Day!
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