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Category Archive: Technology

Apple has pushed an update to XProtect

Apple has pushed one update today, to the data files used by XProtect, bringing its version number to […]

April 8, 2020 Macs, Technology, Updates

File Integrity 3 : Where to store digests?

To check the integrity of important documents, we’re going to calculate their SHA256 digests. But where should those be stored if HFS+ and APFS don’t have a suitable attribute?

April 8, 2020 Macs, Technology

How Preview mangles annotations

Preview has strange behaviour when adding and editing annotations, even in Catalina. It quickly gets upsetting and unreliable.

April 7, 2020 Macs, Technology

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 41

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 41. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Trackpad […]

April 6, 2020 General, Macs, Technology

File Integrity 2 : Which digest?

If macOS can’t do it, how should we check the integrity of important files? Use a checksum, or a hash function? And which?

April 6, 2020 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Changing the future

Postponing WWDC and the release of macOS 10.16 might seem sensible, but could lose purpose for Apple’s engineers and see third-party support vanish.

April 5, 2020 Macs, Technology

Saturday Mac riddles 41

Here are this weekend’s riddles to entertain you through whatever you’re still allowed to do. 1: First a […]

April 4, 2020 General, Macs, Technology

SilentKnight & LockRattler: security & firmware updates

A couple of important issues to be aware of when using SilentKnight or LockRattler.

April 4, 2020 Macs, Technology

File Integrity 1 : Why bother?

We take for granted that our files remain uncorrupted, but know that isn’t always true. How can we fix or even detect such changes?

April 3, 2020 Macs, Technology

Apple has pushed updates to XProtect and MRT

Apple has pushed two updates today, to the data files used by XProtect, bringing its version number to […]

April 2, 2020 Macs, Technology, Updates

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