How the new repairing permissions can fix problems, and two updated tools to help you do that.
Category Archive: Macs
A great idea: tag blocks of text in a PDF and build them into reading order, so that they can be read out loud. How well does that work, then?
Text in the centre view listing updates and installations can now be set to 4 to 24 points in size.
Auto-update, text sizing, and proper Build numbers make for a worthwhile update.
In Mojave, the unified log can contain up to 27 different fields, of which Consolation gives access to 26. Do you wish that to change?
Apple has pushed an update to the data used by Gatekeeper, bringing its version number to 170, dated […]
Signature checks are complex. On first run with a quarantine flag, they include the contents of the Resources folder, but seldom do after that.
SwiftUI, notarization, malware detection, and Time Machine for APFS: all look worryingly incomplete in Catalina. Are they a bit premature?
System integrity protection, SIP, is a primary defence for your Mac. Yet it has had several known vulnerabilities. That’s why it’s changing in Catalina.
Helpful info and advice for all those using recent versions of my more popular free apps and utilities, about security and auto-updates.
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