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Category Archive: Macs

Apple has pushed its weekly update to Gatekeeper’s data

Apple has just pushed an update to the data used by Gatekeeper, bringing its version number to 152, […]

August 20, 2018 Macs, Technology

Taking macOS to the end of time: nanoseconds count

Picking the right time system for the purpose is critical when you want to analyse very short periods. Sometimes it takes time to discover how to juggle with time.

August 20, 2018 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Quantum mechanics and Mojave

Doesn’t writing so much to the unified log result in performance penalties? So how can Apple expect us to use the log and Signposts to measure performance?

August 19, 2018 Macs, Technology

Redacting a PDF using Adobe Acrobat

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How good is Acrobat Pro DC at redacting, checking, and cleaning sensitive documents for publication or distribution? Here are its features worked through.

August 18, 2018 Macs, Technology

Redact and obscure: how to release or publish without leaks

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Passing documents containing sensitive or protected information without leaking that requires redaction – a minefield unless you know what you’re doing.

August 17, 2018 Macs, Technology

Blowhole 7 works around an Xcode bug, and is included in an updated Signpost Kit

Blowhole 7 now writes proper Signposts in Mojave, as well as Pseudo-Signposts in Sierra and High Sierra.

August 16, 2018 Macs, Technology

Working around a bug recently introduced into Mojave: When Signposts point the wrong way

At first I thought it was my mistake. Then it looked like a simple error in the interface. But this bug in Mojave’s signposts is more complex. Here’s a workaround.

August 16, 2018 Macs, Technology

XProtect: Missing presumed dead?

The last XProtect update was version 2099 pushed on 13 March 2018, when many of us were struggling through snow and ice instead of the current heat and drought. Is XProtect now as dead as the grass in my lawn?

August 15, 2018 Macs, Technology

Mojave’s privacy protection and command tools: a collision in which the user is the loser

Apple has shown a way ahead for full apps to access private data in Mojave, but has been curiously silent with respect to command tools. How will they cope?

August 14, 2018 Macs, Technology

Apple has pushed its weekly update to Gatekeeper’s data

Apple has just pushed an update to the data used by Gatekeeper, bringing its version number to 151, […]

August 13, 2018 Macs, Technology

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