A replacement for the NetInfo service in NeXTSTEP and early Mac OS X, Open Directory is an LDAPv3 service delivered as Directory Services, and essential to permissions, authentication and more.
Category Archive: Technology
How can you use San Francisco, the system font for macOS and Apple’s other OSes? An example traced through from macOS internals to PDF and HTML.
Three new versions that are compatible with Writing Tools in Sequoia 15.1 beta, and should perform better in other recent versions of macOS.
Advanced settings for users have been moved out of Users & Groups, but are still accessible in Directory Utility for those who are careful not to do anything hazardous.
Should you try changing NVRAM settings in an Apple silicon Mac? As they’re almost certain to have no beneficial effect, and could require lengthy procedures to reset them, it’s best not to try.
As I forecast only yesterday, Apple has today released macOS Sonoma version 14.6. According to its previous calendar, […]
Apple has just released the update to bring Sonoma to version 14.6, together with security updates to Ventura […]
I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 266. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Skipper […]
Ownership can mean two very different things on Macs: it might be about Unix permissions, or Apple silicon boot policy. How to tell them apart so you use the right solution for ownership problems.
macOS Sonoma 14.6 is likely to be released next week, rather than as expected in September. How does this change future updates and which version you should be running?
The Eclectic Light Company 