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Category Archive: Technology

High Sierra upgrade: cautions and problems

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You might want to read these tips before installing the first release of High Sierra. They could save you a lot of pain.

September 26, 2017 Macs, Technology

Have you had Gatekeeper problems with my apps?

Test versions of LockRattler and T2M2 which shouldn’t have any problems getting out of Gatekeeper’s quarantine.

September 26, 2017 Macs, Technology

First small High Sierra installer was wrong one

If you were quick off the mark on 25 September and downloaded the first, small (19.9 MB) installer […]

September 26, 2017 General, Macs, Technology

Diving deeper into drive health: SMART utilities compared

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Want to keep an eye on your hard drive(s) and SSD? Worried that your SSD might need replacing? Here are some tools to put your mind at rest.

September 26, 2017 Macs, Technology

macOS High Sierra: Installation and Issues (updated)

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A complex installation, which ran smoothly but failed to convert an external SSD to APFS. Watch for issues in migration, though, which forced me to abandon. And yes, Sierra can still access High Sierra’s APFS disks.

September 25, 2017 Macs, Technology

Browsing the unified log in difficult circumstances

How to access raw log files generated by Sierra, High Sierra, iOS, etc., and a convenient utility to turn them into logarchives.

September 25, 2017 Macs, Technology

Apple has updated Gatekeeper again

Apple has pushed out another silent update to its Gatekeeper configuration data for OS X and macOS. This […]

September 24, 2017 Macs, Technology

High Sierra automatically checks EFI firmware each week

Every week, Macs running High Sierra will check the integrity of their EFI firmware, in a bid to detect tampering by malware.

September 24, 2017 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Updates, updates

The good (Xcode 9, Swift 4.0), the bad (iTunes 12.7), and the less accessible (iOS 11), as Apple’s month of upgrades progresses.

September 24, 2017 Macs, Technology

Extended attribute editor xattred 0.4a2 should now be compatible with High Sierra

Unique xattr browser and editor now compatible with both Sierra and High Sierra.

September 23, 2017 Macs, Technology

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