Background activities scheduled by third-party software currently use launchd, and run the risk of affecting the user. Would GCD be a better choice of dispatcher?
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It’s tempting just to put the folder in the Trash. But this could be a quick way to acquire a more complex problem.
Spring is obviously the season for the detection of new malware affecting macOS and OS X users. This […]
Significant bugs or undesirable features limiting log, Console, and os_log as of 10.12.4.
Getting GCD to schedule and dispatch a packaged external task, like a backup, is actually straightforward. Here’s how.
An experimental tool to let you schedule background tasks of your own, which are managed by Grand Central Dispatch. First alpha release.
Apple’s recent updates to XProtect and MRT covered not only OSX/Dok, the new Trojan discovered by Ofer Caspi […]
Sierra 10.12.4 introduced undocumented changes in the log system which may break apps which write to the logs. Here is Blowhole fixed for that change.
The aim is to be able to run commands at regular intervals using GCD rather than launchd. Here are details of the code and resulting log entries, casting light on how GCD works.
Apple has, over the last 24 hours, pushed silent updates which address the threat from the latest OSX/Dok […]
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