Now is a good time to re-evaluate which version of macOS your Macs are running. In the next […]
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Making backups of carefully-selected active folders ever hour using ChronoSync, and with Time Machine.
Implementing a more efficient backup strategy than simply turning Time Machine on and hoping.
Where does Apple warn the user that four stray files in an unprotected folder are specially protected by the Sandbox kernel extension?
Obvious problems include QuickLook thumbnails and previews which display white text on a white background.
What are the risks of ransomware on the Mac at the moment? What protection is there from it?
Additional to the protected folders listed in the Privacy pane, macOS has a secret list of files which are also read-only. Apple hasn’t documented these.
When a file’s permissions are set to allow the user to write to it, but an app testing whether the file is writable is told that it isn’t.
Unique because Location Services isn’t managed by TCC, but by its own locationd service, and is invariably shared in iCloud.
Do you have VMs or other large files, and use Time Machine for backups? Here’s how to make those backups quicker and more compact.
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