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.

Removing privacy censorship from the log

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Is the performance overhead of using APFS Encrypted volumes to store sensitive data a reason for not doing so?

Apple has just released an update to XProtect Remediator security software for Macs running Catalina or later, bringing […]