If you have no other option and can be certain there’s no danger in doing so, you can remove a signed app’s signature. But it may not be so simple.
Category Archive: Macs
I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 71. Here are my solutions to them. 1: I […]
Unlike file data, metadata has varying persistence. Some is ephemeral, others sticky. macOS has inbuilt mechanisms for managing the persistence of extended attributes.
Apple seldom posts Support Notes to guide many users to solve problems, but prefers them to access Apple Support one at a time. Why this inefficiency?
Here are this weekend’s riddles to entertain you through whatever you’re now allowed to do. 1: I don’t […]
Easy to access, well-supported in the Finder and elsewhere, Finder tags are powerful tools which rely on extended attributes to do their job. All you need to know about them.
Apple has pushed an update today to its malware removal tool MRT, bringing it to version 1.69.3, dated […]
When macOS won’t let you open an app or other software because it warns that it’s (possibly) malware, here’s how to check the signatures.
Apple has pushed an update today to the data files used by XProtect, bringing its version number to […]
Most quarantine flags in your Mac aren’t on apps but documents. Details of how they’re added, what info they contain, and what they do.
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