There’s been no update to MRT for almost 3 months, and none to XProtect’s data for over 6 months. Should we start paying for 3rd party products?
Category Archive: Macs
Advice on preparing for and using Mojave for all who go beyond using standard off-the-shelf apps – scripting, automating, building from source, or full-blown Xcode development.
With Mojave’s release 11 days away, its privacy protection looks even more complex, particularly when an app uses a helper tool which needs Full Disk Access.
Practical tips for those intending to upgrade early, from checking compatibility, preparing workarounds, to making a copy of the installer.
Surely you don’t mean the Trend Micro? The cybersecurity experts? No – it must be a fake site. But is it?
Why might we want to repair permissions, and how does it differ now from what is used to be? As shown in a clear diagram.
The Mac App Store has been selling (or giving) us spyware. How can Apple ever live this down?
The differences between security and privacy, why we need effective controls over both, and how those controls are different.
Control of one app by another is an important but difficult aspect of Mojave’s new privacy controls. Here’s how it handles that at present, and some of the issues it raises.
For many users, privacy controls in Mojave will pass almost unnoticed. Here are tips for those who have greater demands, and want their apps to access protected data.
The Eclectic Light Company 