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.
Category Archive: Technology
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.
I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 329. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Two […]
Whether a quarantined and notarized app undergoes translocation, Tahoe doesn’t run XProtect checks to determine if it’s malicious. And how to tell when an app is running from translocation.
All of us rely on tone (brightness, lightness) to interpret what we see. Visual artists have gone to great lengths in tonal modelling, but macOS Tahoe offers only bleached-out white or blacked-out black.
Here are this weekend’s Mac riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: Two credentials […]
Until Sequoia, it was simply downloaded and installed as any other software update. Since then it has changed frequently and its behaviour can now confuse.
The Eclectic Light Company 