Has your Mac got any old apps and other bundles on it? Have their signing certificates been revoked, or are they perhaps unsigned? Here’s a new app to help you find out.
Category Archive: Technology
How to prepare your Mac to pass on to a close relative, a purchaser, or even for recycling.
Migration brings old software which isn’t really incompatible, but can slow your Mac down. This one was caught during startup.
Disk Utility claims to perform secure erase on SSDs, but does no such thing. Here are workarounds to do what it doesn’t, and details of a bug preventing encryption of APFS volumes.
Can you trust Disk Utility to securely erase hard drives and SSDs? How to prepare your Mac’s internal storage before selling it, so you don’t give your bank details away with it. And much more.
Apple’s doomed, they keep saying. macOS is going down the pan. But is it? And why is Apple recruiting so many staff?
The cat broke my UPS. Here’s how I chose its replacement, and installed it despite the cat. Why are they sold by so few outlets, though?
Currently, many major apps keep all the active editing view in Light Mode, irrespective of whether the rest of macOS is in Dark Mode. Is that the best option?
Apple appears to be maintaining MRT, but hasn’t changed detection signatures in XProtect for 9 months. What does this mean for the security of macOS and its users?
Don’t just throw it in a box and send it off: what happens if its internal storage is replaced or wiped? What about protecting sensitive files? Does a T2 chip make this difficult?
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