There’s a lot standing between your app and what it can edit and save: POSIX permissions, ACLs, SIP, TCC, and maybe the sandbox too.
Category Archive: Technology
Untangling what in Privacy & Security is controlled by TCC, what resetting it really does, why you should do that before selecting it database, and what TCC does for iCloud.
Privacy, controlled by TCC and the Privacy & Security settings, can go wrong. Without documentation or good tools, it can prove hard to fix.
The macOS log is very different from those seen in Unix. This explains where and what log files are, how they get written, how much they store, and how quickly entries can be written.
A new Frequency view shows total log entries from different subsystems, helping you mute those that are clogging up your log.
I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 189. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Closing […]
You’ve just installed an update to macOS security software, then it gives you a status of ‘Unknown’ caused by [] and stops working. What’s wrong?
Of the 16 security software updates in the last 8 months, only 3 have installed correctly. But isn’t the purpose of the Content Caching server to make updates quicker and easier?
Here are this weekend’s riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: Closing at the […]
They’re everywhere: whatever you do, something somewhere will cache it. Later that can cause puzzling problems, but makes our Macs faster as a result.
The Eclectic Light Company 