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Category Archive: Technology

Apple has pushed another security update

Gatekeeper’s data files are updated to version 134, and MRT may also be undergoing update too.

December 8, 2017 Macs, Technology

Extended attributes: surprisingly common, and information-rich

They’re almost invisible, but surprisingly widely used. xattrs come in very many different types, and contain valuable information. Here are results from analysing most of a Sierra startup volume.

December 7, 2017 Macs, Technology, xattr

What’s really in the High Sierra 10.13.2 update

As expected, the macOS High Sierra 10.13.2 update contains a great deal more than the three relatively minor […]

December 7, 2017 Macs, Technology

Sierra and El Capitan security updates and High Sierra 10.13.2 are now available

Apple has released version 10.13.2 of High Sierra, which is now available as an update from the App […]

December 6, 2017 Macs, Technology

Seeing History: Static views

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The mental images which we perceive are created in the brain, which has some fixed ideas about how to do that. They’re not the same as optical laws used in cameras and related devices.

December 6, 2017 General, Life, Painting, Technology

More information about your keychains in KeychainCheck 2.0a3

Adds a lot more diagnostic information, including full listings of all Keychains folders, including that for iCloud Keychain.

December 6, 2017 Macs, Technology

MarsEdit 4.0 is here at last

It looks really wonderful, and feels much more responsive. A fuller review will follow in a few days.

December 5, 2017 General, Language, Life, Macs, Painting, Technology

Inside the iCloud keychain, and its problems

So you think you know about iCloud Keychain? A careful exploration turns up some surprises, and suggests some good rules for troubleshooting.

December 5, 2017 Macs, Technology

Bug-hunting in Consolation and Woodpile: success in obscurity

New updates to these apps fix crashing bugs when using styled log display, or converting log excerpts to CSV (Consolation).

December 4, 2017 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Getting to the root of High Sierra’s problems

Why has High Sierra suffered such glaring security and other bugs? Look carefully at where they have occurred, and it suggests that this isn’t just carelessness.

December 3, 2017 Macs, Technology, Uncategorized

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