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Category Archive: Macs

Create an external boot disk in Golden Gate

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How to ensure the external disk has you as its Owner, with a LocalPolicy that allows your Mac to use it as a boot disk. When yo avoid using a DFU port, and negotiating keychain problems.

September 29, 2026 Macs, Technology

Apple has just released updates to Golden Gate 27.0.1, 26.7.1 and 15.8.1

Apple has just released security updates bringing Golden Gate to 27.0.1, Tahoe to 26.7.1, and Sequoia to 15.8.1. […]

September 28, 2026 Macs, Technology, Updates

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 379

I hope you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 379. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Brief peep […]

September 28, 2026 General, Macs, Technology

Silently updated security data files in Golden Gate

Details including XProtect, XProtect Remediator, Bastion, Kext Exclude List, Incompatible Apps, MRT, GK Opaque and the mystery GKE that is installed then vanishes.

September 28, 2026 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Spinning plates

Seven burning problems, from encrypted login keychains to problems updating XProtect, have turned the last week into a plate-spinner’s nightmare..

September 27, 2026 Macs, Technology

Saturday Mac riddles 379

Here are this weekend’s Mac riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: Brief peep […]

September 26, 2026 General, Macs, Technology

AI at work: Privacy, PCC and prompts

How your Siri AI requests remain private even when processed off-device, by PCC. How a simple request becomes a long and elaborate prompt.

September 26, 2026 Macs, Technology

Apple has just released an update to XProtect for macOS Sequoia and later

Apple has just released its regular weekly update to XProtect, bringing it to version 5362. However, this week’s […]

September 26, 2026 Macs, Technology, Updates

XProtect Remediator 163 doesn’t run

Do you ever run XProtect Remediator manually? If so, the latest version doesn’t oblige. You might need to consider a 3rd party malware scanner.

September 25, 2026 Macs, Technology

Deep-reading an Apple Intelligence Report with pccvre

Take one Golden Gate VM, tweak its security settings, restart, agree to a long stream of licences, then devise a command to parse and export an attestation bundle and what do you get?

September 24, 2026 Macs, Technology

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