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Did it freeze? Missing 50 minutes of log

Had my Mac frozen, or was it just very busy running tests on the boot disk? When I forced it to restart, what did the log reveal?

May 7, 2019 Macs, Technology

Apple does provide a workaround for document quarantine errors

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Try using this workaround: it requires quick actions, and despite Apple’s promise, it only works until you next save the document.

May 6, 2019 Macs, Technology

Pratique Support

This page is for your support questions and comments on my free utility Pratique. Full details, current versions, […]

May 6, 2019 Macs, Technology

The Divine Comedy: Inferno 12 The fraudulent

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From thieves, Dante and Virgil move on to meet souls of those who had committed fraud, including Ulysses, a headless troubadour, and an alchemist.

May 6, 2019 General, Life, Painting

An alternative approach to document quarantine problems: Pratique

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This utility changes quarantine flags on documents as if XProtect had checked and cleared them, so they work normally again. First beta.

May 6, 2019 Macs, Technology

Sandstrip tackles your document quarantine problems

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Full release of Sandstrip, a utility to remove the quarantine flags attached to documents by sandboxed apps.

May 6, 2019 Macs, Technology

A Terrifying Beauty: Medusa 2

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How Perseus came to behead Medusa, and how her head restored order to the worst wedding reception ever. In paint, of course.

May 5, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Last Week on My Mac: Finder lost

How a security feature trying to block malicious documents has rendered a Finder feature useless, causing users and developers problems.

May 5, 2019 Macs, Technology

A Terrifying Beauty: Medusa 1

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Formerly a beautiful young woman, she was turned into a monster by Minerva, and painted by Caravaggio, Rubens, Klimt, and others.

May 4, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Documents from an unidentified developer: quarantine misbehaviour in the log

Two sets of log excerpts demonstrate how macOS can prevent a user from opening a document, then mislead them into thinking it’s the app at fault.

May 4, 2019 Macs, Technology

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