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How iCloud marks the place of documents stored remotely

Scripts and apps which could look at folders in iCloud should watch for stub files. Here’s how they work, and why they can mislead.

January 30, 2018 Macs, Technology, xattr

iCloud Drive has user modes, and tags transferred apps

How the two user modes differ, what iCloud Drive does to files transferred between two different clients, and an apparently unique tag it applies to apps which pass through.

January 29, 2018 Macs, Technology, xattr

Last Week on My Mac: Apple still loves us

More mitigation for Meltdown and Spectre, EFI updates, and steady progress in High Sierra are all very promising. So where does that put macOS 10.14?

January 28, 2018 Macs, Technology

macOS code signing and Gatekeeper ignore extended attributes

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Gatekeeper doesn’t seem interested in extended attributes attached to the contents of signed apps – the signature remains valid. Could this be exploited?

January 27, 2018 Macs, Technology, xattr

iOS 11.2.5 may harm the Watch-iPhone relationship

I haven’t written much about my first-generation Apple Watch, because like all good watches, it has just got […]

January 26, 2018 General, Macs, Technology

Is this the end of the line for Mac servers?

Apple says that macOS Server is changing, then warns that almost all its services will be removed. After 19 years, is this the end?

January 26, 2018 Macs, Technology

What is in the El Capitan Security Update 2018-001?

OS X El Capitan Security Update 2018-001 is, I think, the most substantial update to 10.11.6 since 2016, […]

January 24, 2018 Macs, Technology

What is in the Sierra Security Update 2018-001?

macOS Sierra Security Update 2018-001 is effectively a minor macOS update which updates a lot of components within […]

January 24, 2018 Macs, Technology

What is in the High Sierra 10.13.3 update?

macOS High Sierra 10.13.3 is another substantial update, weighing in at around 2 GB in all, amounting to […]

January 24, 2018 Macs, Technology

macOS updates now available for High Sierra (10.13.3), Sierra, and El Capitan (updated)

Apple has just released updates for macOS. High Sierra has a full update to version 10.13.3, which is […]

January 23, 2018 Macs, Technology

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