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How to deal with a site with a broken certificate

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What to do when your browser complains that a website you want to visit has a problem with its certificate security.

October 30, 2021 General, Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Web woes worsen

It should have been so easy: a quick change of Root certificate. So why all the chaos, and most of all why you mustn’t compromise your security as a result.

October 3, 2021 General, Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Hollywood’s lessons

What should we learn from the “mysterious data corruption issue” which struck down Mac Pros used in editing studios?

September 29, 2019 Macs, Technology

Which Safari extensions do you use?

I’ve two which I couldn’t do without. StopTheMadness restores Mac features like menus, autocomplete, copy and paste. Better is my choice of tracker blocker.

March 22, 2019 Macs, Technology

A storm in the digest: why services will be going down

The workhorses of computer security, message digests and security certificates, are in the process of changing. Some disruption will result.

January 28, 2017 Macs, Technology

Sierra, wide colourspaces, and browser engines

Colour gets simpler and better in Sierra, except of course when it comes to the web. Have you had any odd colour glitches?

September 30, 2016 General, Macs, Painting, Technology

Q&A: Handing control to Google

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Google wants me to let its updater use accessibility features. Should I agree or not?

September 28, 2015 Macs, Technology

Q&A: Problems accessing website

How can I restore access using Safari, to a commercial website which now no longer works?

September 24, 2015 Macs, Technology

Use the wrong browser, visit the wrong site, and put your network at risk

Most modern routers enable UPnP – Universal Plug and Play – by default. This might be a good […]

September 2, 2015 Macs, Technology

Stick a Fork in WebKit, it’s Undone

Just as there ain’t no such thing as a free lunch, we should be equally suspicious of free web browsers.

April 13, 2015 Macs, Technology
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