I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 271. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Table […]
Category Archive: Macs
Exactly what is the disk shown in the Finder named Macintosh HD, in Big Sur and later versions of macOS? An exploration of the structure of the modern boot disk.
At first, I thought the new XProtect version should be 5272, but some updated without that version changing. Then I stumbled across a secret way to update. Not a good omen for the release of Sequoia.
Here are this weekend’s Mac riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: Table of […]
How a dogcow from Cairo came to grace the Page Setup dialog in Classic Mac OS, was retired for Mac OS X, and has made a comeback since Ventura.
How SilentKnight can install macOS updates, up to a point, and how you can recover from an inadvertent download of a macOS update.
Three malicious apps – Atomic Stealer, Genieo and XCSSET – against macOS 14.6.1, with full security, SIP disabled, and Gatekeeper disabled.
Apple has just released an update to XProtect for all versions of macOS from El Capitan or so, […]
If you thought spctl disabled Gatekeeper assessments, and disabling SIP had little effect, then you might like to think again.
Details of security checks including Gatekeeper, XProtect and notarization, performed when launching an app in full security.
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