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Back to school: studentd and Classroom in Mojave 10.14.4

If you’ve updated to macOS 10.14.4, you’ve already installed supporting software to use your Mac in a classroom. Was this an error in the update? What does it do?

April 1, 2019 Macs, Technology

Mojave 10.14.4’s strange new security certificate

Have you updated to 10.14.4? Checked your login keychain? You may see a new security certificate there. What’s it for?

March 30, 2019 Macs, Technology

Code signing for the concerned: 6 Signing scripts and command tools

Can you sign AppleScript apps in Script Editor? Is there a better tool? What’s the best way to sign a command tool developed in Xcode?

January 31, 2019 Macs, Technology

Code signing for the concerned: 5 Signing and privacy control

One important requirement for code signatures is with Mojave’s new privacy controls. Are they needed, though?

January 29, 2019 Macs, Technology

Code signing for the concerned: 4 Results and testing

Testing at the command line, with What’s Your Sign?, and according to the requirements of the signature.

January 18, 2019 Macs, Technology

Code signing for the concerned: 3 Signing an app

How to perform ad hoc signing, signing with a personal certificate, and set signing up in Xcode.

January 17, 2019 Macs, Technology

Code signing for the concerned: 2 Creating a personal certificate

How can you create your own personal certificate suitable for signing your apps? Uses Certificate Assistant, and free of cost.

January 16, 2019 Macs, Technology

Code signing for the concerned: 1 Why?

Should you use ad hoc signing, or make your own personal certificate? Why would you want to sign a script or app you have made?

January 15, 2019 Macs, Technology

How can Mojave let you open an app with signature errors?

The differences between a full Gatekeeper check, an AMFI check for integrity, and a normal app open, and why signature errors can be tolerated.

December 25, 2018 Macs, Technology

App signatures are always checked on launch, but serious errors may be ignored

Whenever an app is opened in 10.14.2, its signature is checked asynchronously, often several times. But in many cases, macOS doesn’t act on any errors returned.

December 24, 2018 Macs, Technology

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