Analysis of bundle counts in /System/Library and bundled apps from Mojave and Catalina to Golden Gate shows how much they’ve changed over the last 7 years.
Category Archive: Technology
Permissions and granting access by privacy controls are completely different. This explains how Full Disk Access and other privacy settings can’t override Unix permissions, and why they must be distinguished.
All Macs have multiple file-based keychains, and one Data Protection keychain for each user. Their differences are explained, with info on the newest variant introduced this year, together with tools and links.
Apple has just released its regular weekly update to XProtect, bringing it to version 5366, for all Macs. […]
Full Disk Access gives apps and services access to all our most sensitive secrets. Should you grant that to AI agents such as those of Meta’s Muse app?
I hope you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 380. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Repository service […]
When transferring the contents of Data volumes, or individual accounts, use Migration Assistant rather than copying or restoring. Here’s how.
How an AIR reports proofreading, a Siri request about an image of a painting, and image generation in Image Playground, and the first release of AIRer to help you read your own reports.
Here are this weekend’s Mac riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: Repository service […]
Changes to keychains, volume structure, Time Machine, Migration Assistant, and the security command tool that have only recently come to light, six months later.
