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Category Archive: Technology

32-bitCheck is now notarized too

A notarized version, which should benefit all users, and pass Mojave’s Gatekeeper checks in full.

August 2, 2018 Macs, Technology

Notarization: a big step forward for users and developers

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I’m all in favour of better security, so long as it doesn’t make my life any more difficult. Does Notarization fulfil that?

August 2, 2018 Macs, Technology

LockRattler 4.9 is now notarized

The same code as 4.8, but now with the additional protection of Apple’s Notarization, ready for Mojave and beyond.

August 1, 2018 Macs, Technology

Disks, partitions, volumes, containers

I’ve got two volumes showing in the Finder. So how come diskutil list tells me I’ve got four disks with a total of 12 partitions?

August 1, 2018 Macs, Technology

One small change which might break a lot of older apps

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While we’re worrying about 32-bit apps, something else is changing which is likely to stop many more apps from working properly. In the near future.

July 31, 2018 Macs, Technology

Apple has pushed an update to Gatekeeper’s data

Apple has just pushed an update to the data used by Gatekeeper, bringing its version number to 149, […]

July 30, 2018 Macs, Technology

xattred 1.0b8 can now compare the xattrs of two files

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This new version adds a simple tool to discover any differences in extended attributes between two files.

July 30, 2018 Macs, Technology

Recovering from failed T2 firmware updates and related problems

Failed EFI firmware updates should be self-healing in recent models, but what do you do if your T2 Mac messes up a firmware update? Full details revealed.

July 30, 2018 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: The mystery of the Supplemental Update

It contains EFI firmware updates for other models, some already out of date, and a complete set of kernel extensions, again. Why?

July 29, 2018 Macs, Technology

How to check that a file really is a faithful copy

Comparing the data in two files is easy, but what about its extended attributes? There hasn’t been a simple tool to do that, until now.

July 28, 2018 Macs, Technology

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