Apple has just pushed the first updates of 2018 for two of the security tools built into OS […]
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macOS can update files protected by SIP without your knowledge of any update taking place, and without the event being recorded in the Install History. Here’s how it happens.
Oracle has just released the second update to Java 9, bringing it to version 9.0.4. Versions 9.0.2 and […]
A more objective comparison with the El Capitan and Sierra product cycles shows that High Sierra isn’t that much worse. Although APFS has matured well, a few obvious and serious security gaffes have marred this cycle.
Introducing a new version of SystHist which lets you see everything that Apple, the App Store, and silent updates install, for El Capitan, Sierra, and High Sierra.
Did Sierra systems have a silent update to OSX1012IncompatibleAppList around 4 January 2018? It looks like another worrying mistake by Apple.
Here’s how to find out just what that last update installed, so you can remove it manually if necessary.
Patrick Wardle, of Objective-See, has just reported what he believes to be new malware running on macOS, which […]
Have you been warned not to use extended attributes because they aren’t supported beyond macOS? But they are: here are details of file systems and Cloud services.
A hard to spot runtime error results if you try to embed the key < in a dictionary. But when converting plain text for embedding in XML, that's one character you need to substitute.
The Eclectic Light Company 