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Category Archive: Technology

Who’s managing my apps?

launchd, LaunchServices, RunningBoard, TCC, CFPrefsd, and other macOS services that manage and control your apps.

March 11, 2023 Macs, Technology

Log Literacy: Extending Ulbow with predicates, filters & styles

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How to develop predicates, filters and styles interactively, then add them to Ulbow’s settings. And how to transfer those settings to another Mac.

March 10, 2023 Macs, Technology

How does Ventura check an app’s security?

If Ventura checks the security of apps more thoroughly, how does it go about that? Gatekeeper explored, from XProtect to OCSP checks.

March 9, 2023 Macs, Technology

Removing privacy censorship from the log

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A revamped configuration profile to remove censored private data from log entries, and how to get network diagnostic data too.

March 8, 2023 Macs, Technology

Do Ventura’s signature checks work?

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Are additional Gatekeeper checks in Ventura effective, and worth the effort? Surely malware can bypass them easily.

March 7, 2023 Macs, Technology

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 193

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 193. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Pianist’s […]

March 6, 2023 General, Macs, Technology

How troubleshooting has changed with macOS security

macOS has changed fundamentally. So has troubleshooting it. Secure Boot, the SSV, and Gatekeeper checks bring changes in strategy.

March 6, 2023 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: KeySteal, Honkbox and BadGacha

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Two updates to macOS security tools and the malware they protect against, including a test of XProtect Remediator against KeySteal.

March 5, 2023 Macs, Technology

Saturday Mac riddles 193

Here are this weekend’s riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: Pianist’s notes for […]

March 4, 2023 General, Macs, Technology

Custom Finder icons, resources and Mac OS history

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How to give apps, folders and files custom icons, and how that still uses resource forks, just as it did back in 1984.

March 4, 2023 Macs, Technology

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