I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 330. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Sounds […]
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Displays emoji to indicate the type of each log entry, improves export as Rich Text, and augments fields when copying entries.
Ten years ago, a firmware worm that could have inserted malware into Mac boot flash storage was demonstrated, and shortly afterwards many Macs were found to be running outdated firmware. We’ve come a long way since.
Here are this weekend’s Mac riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: Sounds like […]
The T2 chip was designed for FileVault, and it comes at no cost to that and in Apple silicon Macs. Here’s how it works, and why everyone should enable it.
Apparently based on Mach absolute time, log entry times are converted to wallclock times. This exposes them to the vagaries of time zones, seasonal adjustments, and periodic wallclock adjustments. Here’s how all that works, and can confuse.
Why is that app slow to launch, unable to update itself, generally behaving erratically, and often crashes? Could it be stuck in app translocation? Here’s how to tell, and how to fix it.
Apple has just released its weekly update to XProtect, bringing it to version 5319. As usual, it doesn’t […]
How to check secure boot, SIP, Gatekeeper/XProtect, its SSV, FileVault, macOS and its firmware, and XProtect Remediator scans.
How to combine the time of interest with waypoints to reduce 100,000 log entries to just a handful, and discover what you’re looking for in the log.
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