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Apple has silently updated Gatekeeper data

Apple has today updated Gatekeeper configuration data to version 117 (116 seems to have been skipped). Apple does […]

July 8, 2017 Macs, Technology

Apple has pushed silent updates to Gatekeeper and MRT data

Apple has pushed out silent updates to Gatekeeper’s configuration data, bringing it to version 115, and to MRT […]

July 1, 2017 Macs, Technology

FileVault: Making your Mac more secure

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How to encrypt your hard disk without tears, using macOS FileVault. Includes addressing problems.

June 27, 2017 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Testing trust in system upgrades and updates

Did Apple secretly alpha-test file system conversion in the iOS 10.0, 10.1, and 10.2 updates – without informing users or letting them opt-out of testing?

June 25, 2017 Macs, Technology

Apple has pushed a silent update to Gatekeeper’s data

Apple has just pushed a silent update to the Gatekeeper configuration data for Sierra and El Capitan. This […]

June 21, 2017 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: The mystery of repairing permissions

Why we can’t repair system permissions, and some pitfalls and promise in the new technique of repairing permissions on the Home folder.

June 18, 2017 Macs, Technology

Should you repair permissions on your Home folder, and how?

Apple has started recommending users to repair permissions – not generally, but in the Home folder. Here’s my experience, and a tool to make this easier.

June 17, 2017 Macs, Technology

Something odd you can’t fix? Sierra re-introduces repairing permissions

We stopped repairing permissions, because of SIP. Now Apple recommends it for a wide range of problems – only this repairs them on your Home folder.

June 15, 2017 Macs, Technology

Apple has pushed out silent security updates

Apple has just pushed two security updates, and a Chinese Word List update. The security updates bring its […]

June 7, 2017 Macs, Technology

macOS High Sierra 10.13 and APFS

Yesterday’s Keynote at WWDC confirmed that the next major release of macOS, dubbed High Sierra, will be released […]

June 6, 2017 Macs, Technology

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