Verify that the app doesn’t change file extended attributes, discover why false flags result from updating apps in place, check who has been changing your preferences, and how to add App Store apps to Provenance tracking.
Category Archive: Macs
A new app to check files for Providence IDs and Quarantine information, so providing info about the origin and recent edit history of those files.
How to read a UUID to determine whether it’s supposed to be random, or has a specific meaning. Where you’ll find them, and whether you’ll ever see two the same.
Why can’t some files be seen in thumbnails, or previews, but almost everything else can be seen thanks to QuickLook? And is this connected to Spotlight indexing?
I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 339. Here are my solutions to them. 1: The […]
Add another volume to your Mac’s internal SSD and try to eject it. All hell breaks loose as the Finder wants to eject the whole disk, it seems. Probably a 6-year old bug.
Standard users aren’t allowed to chang other users’ settings, but they’ve long been able to update macOS, and for the last 3 years to install full upgrades. Should this change?
Here are this weekend’s Mac riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: The favourite […]
It was notorious for its crashes and reporting discrepancies, but now it’s incorporated in System Settings it’s more reliable and helpful. But there’s still the problem of System Data.
Before macOS 12.3, upgrades and updates were different, and only admin users could authenticate the installation of an upgrade to macOS. Now even standard users can, as explained here.
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