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Category Archive: Technology

Changing the clock in Apple Silicon Macs

Since we switched to Intel Macs, Mach precision time has ticked away in nanoseconds. That’s won’t be true in Apple Silicon Macs, and could have strange results.

September 8, 2020 Macs, Technology

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 63

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 63. Here are my solutions to them. 1: I […]

September 7, 2020 General, Macs, Technology

Tackling keychain problems with KeychainCheck 2, now a Universal App

Universal App version of a utility to scrutinise your keychains and help diagnose their problems.

September 7, 2020 Macs, Technology, Updates

Last Week on My Mac: Has notarization burned?

Just over a week ago, security experts discovered the first macOS malware which has been notarized. Doesn’t that make Apple’s security worthless?

September 6, 2020 Macs, Technology

Saturday Mac riddles 63

Here are this weekend’s riddles to entertain you through whatever you’re now allowed to do. 1: I came […]

September 5, 2020 General, Macs, Technology

Checking signatures on apps

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A new Universal App version of Signet, which checks signatures on apps and other bundles.

September 5, 2020 Macs, Technology, Updates

unorml, a command tool to normalise strings, now a Universal binary

Normalises strings to any of the four standard Unicode normalisation forms C, D, KC or KD, supplied with source.

September 4, 2020 Macs, Technology, Updates

Achieving the CIS Apple macOS 10.15 Benchmark

If you’re working towards this benchmark (or those for earlier versions of macOS), or want to maintain systems to its requirements, I have something to help you.

September 4, 2020 Macs, Technology

SilentKnight, LockRattler and silnite: which should you use?

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LockRattler for manual checks, SilentKnight to check automatically, and silnite for networked Macs and automation.

September 3, 2020 Macs, Technology

cmpxat, a command tool to compare extended attributes, now a Universal binary

The equivalent of cmp, only it works on extended attributes rather than file data.

September 3, 2020 Macs, Technology, Updates

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