How frequent and large were macOS Sequoia’s updates? How has it grown in total system bundles and apps? Which categories have grown most?
extensions
How PlugInKit gets information about all installed app extensions, nd how it informs the services that use those extensions. Why killing the LaunchServices database may not be a good idea.
New version of app extension explorer offers 4 sort orders, adds support for UUIDs, and a ‘live’ search feature to find a UUID quickly and efficiently.
Explore the app extensions installed on your Mac, in a list of well over 400, including many in macOS, and those in 3rd party products.
With as many as 500 or more appexes in your Mac, these have become widely used and important. What they are, where they are, and how to control them.
How has the System changed in numbers since Mojave? Why has the number of kernel extensions risen since their deprecation? Why so many Private Frameworks?
Extensions or INITs in Classic Mac OS required Conflict Catcher for their management. But they remain a vulnerability, and can’t be used with full boot security any more.
What does Safe mode do to all those service caches managed by CacheDelete? Does it still check your boot disk too?
Kernel extensions, system extensions, app/Finder/Safari extensions are all very different, as explained here.
In one of only 3 kernel extension on your Data volume is a list of blocked kernel extensions. What protection from old and broken KEXTs does it provide?
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