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Category Archive: Macs

Saturday Mac riddles 63

Here are this weekend’s riddles to entertain you through whatever you’re now allowed to do. 1: I came […]

September 5, 2020 General, Macs, Technology

Checking signatures on apps

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A new Universal App version of Signet, which checks signatures on apps and other bundles.

September 5, 2020 Macs, Technology, Updates

unorml, a command tool to normalise strings, now a Universal binary

Normalises strings to any of the four standard Unicode normalisation forms C, D, KC or KD, supplied with source.

September 4, 2020 Macs, Technology, Updates

Achieving the CIS Apple macOS 10.15 Benchmark

If you’re working towards this benchmark (or those for earlier versions of macOS), or want to maintain systems to its requirements, I have something to help you.

September 4, 2020 Macs, Technology

SilentKnight, LockRattler and silnite: which should you use?

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LockRattler for manual checks, SilentKnight to check automatically, and silnite for networked Macs and automation.

September 3, 2020 Macs, Technology

cmpxat, a command tool to compare extended attributes, now a Universal binary

The equivalent of cmp, only it works on extended attributes rather than file data.

September 3, 2020 Macs, Technology, Updates

cintch, a command tool to check file integrity, now a Universal binary

The command tool member of the Dintch suite for tagging files with their SHA256 digest, to keep a watch on their integrity.

September 2, 2020 Macs, Technology, Updates

Using Finder aliases from the command line with alisma, a new Universal binary

How can you create and resolve Finder Aliases at the command line? And two further utilities you may find helpful for working with Aliases.

September 1, 2020 Macs, Technology, Updates

When you shouldn’t use unconventional Unicode text

What’s the harm in using a tool to apply ‘styles’ to plain Unicode text in a tweet, or similar?

September 1, 2020 General, Language, Macs, Technology

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 62

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 62. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Move, […]

August 31, 2020 General, Macs, Technology

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