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Category Archive: Macs

Saturday Mac riddles 355

Here are this weekend’s Mac riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: Covid, smallpox, […]

April 11, 2026 General, Macs, Technology

Explainer: sandboxes

One of the requirements of App Store apps is that they run in a sandbox. What does mean, and how does it affect the app? And why does privacy protection also use a sandbox?

April 11, 2026 Macs, Technology

Why you can’t trust Privacy & Security

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How to gain access to the contents of privacy-protected folders even though Privacy & Security settings say that access is denied.

April 10, 2026 Macs, Technology

Apple has released an update to XProtect for all macOS

Overnight, Apple has released its regular weekly update to XProtect, bringing it to version 5338. As usual it […]

April 10, 2026 Macs, Technology, Updates

Apple has just released an update to macOS Tahoe, to version 26.4.1

Apple has just released an update to macOS Tahoe, bringing it to version 26.4.1. Apple’s Enterprise release notes […]

April 9, 2026 Macs, Technology, Updates

Please help update CPU frequencies for Apple silicon Macs

Have you got a MacBook Neo, or a MacBook Pro with an M5 Pro or Max chip? Could you please help update the table of CPU core frequencies, as explained here.

April 9, 2026 Macs, Technology

Privacy: Files & Folders or Full Disk Access?

How are folder protections implemented? How do settings for Full Disk Access interact with those in Files & Folders for specific protected locations? And how does this involve making screenshots?

April 8, 2026 Macs, Technology

Privacy: protected folders

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How TCC gets to authorise whether apps can obtain listings and open files in protected folders. The attribution chain and its effect on command tools.

April 7, 2026 Macs, Technology

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 354

I hope you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 354. Here are my solutions to them. 1: In favour […]

April 6, 2026 General, Macs, Technology

Understanding and testing iCloud

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It now consists of many discrete services. How to test CloudKit’s shared databases, iCloud Drive’s cloud storage, and whether your Mac can install from iCloud.

April 6, 2026 Macs, Technology

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