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Category Archive: Technology

Last Week on My Mac: The problem with macOS keychains

iCloud Keychain is apparently the way ahead, but even Apple has a great deal more work to do before that’s feasible. A look at what’s needed.

August 27, 2023 Macs, Technology

Saturday Mac riddles 218

Here are this weekend’s riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: Something for nothing […]

August 26, 2023 General, Macs, Technology

Maintaining the System: how software update has changed

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From the Mac OS Installer app for 9.1 in 2001, through updates in the App Store, to Software Update settings, with Content Caching servers on the way.

August 26, 2023 Macs, Technology

How could someone steal your keychain’s secrets?

How is an attacker most likely to get their hands on the secrets stored in your Mac’s keychains, and what can you do to protect them?

August 25, 2023 Macs, Technology

Updates for Viable and Vimy, macOS virtualisers on Apple silicon

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Bug fixes in custom MAC addresses, general tidy-up of code, and added docs detailing how to enhance VMs using ARD/VNC.

August 24, 2023 Macs, Technology, Updates

Ignoring ownership and 501 orphans

Rather than migrating some files to a new Mac, they were copied to an external drive. But some of them couldn’t be opened because of ‘permissions’. Here’s why and how to fix it.

August 23, 2023 Macs, Technology

Enhance your macOS VMs with Apple Remote Desktop

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Do you want your VM to fully support an ISO keyboard? To drag and drop files with the host? Copy and paste too? Here’s the solution, crazy though it might seem.

August 22, 2023 Macs, Technology

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 217

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 217. Here are my solutions to them. 1: A […]

August 21, 2023 General, Macs, Technology

How the Secure Enclave protects your Mac

First added to Macs in the T1 chip, the Secure Enclave makes it far harder for an attacker to gain access to secrets like the FileVault encryption key.

August 21, 2023 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Welcome back, Location Services

24 July macOS 13.5 disabled all user control over access to Location Services;
17 August macOS 13.5.1 is the first mention by Apple, and fixes the “issue” without apology.

August 20, 2023 Macs, Technology

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