Do you want to measure performance or get other info from your app or script? Using Signposts is ideal, and here’s the first glimpse of a new tool to harvest them.
Category Archive: Macs
What happens in your Mac when you press the Power button? Before it loads the EFI firmware, it goes through self-testing, and initialising key chips.
A new release which is notarized for added security, particularly in Mojave.
A clear guide to the complexities of privacy protection in Mojave – written for the user rather than the developer. Also free PDF version for download.
Apple has just pushed an update to the data used by Gatekeeper, bringing its version number to 150, […]
A neater interface with its own app icon at last, and notarized for your better protection.
When the user wants to access protected data using an app which doesn’t have the entitlement, the result is at best confusing, and could end up with a crash.
Search is getting worse: only 2 good hits in the first 15. The time has come for independent benchmarks to provide Google and others with consumer-oriented targets.
Comparing the contents of archive files, such as .sit(x) and .zip archives, can be simple, but quickly gets more complex.
Stepping through the key stages of opening an app in High Sierra. First, a ‘regular’ open, then with the quarantine flag, showing Gatekeeper checks and translocation.
The Eclectic Light Company 