New and updated Apple Support Notes for Mojave

From installation problems to Xsan, Apple’s latest notes provide valuable information for Mojave users.

Privacy + Scripting = Problems

Control of one app by another is an important but difficult aspect of Mojave’s new privacy controls. Here’s how it handles that at present, and some of the issues it raises.

Working with Mojave’s Privacy Protection

For many users, privacy controls in Mojave will pass almost unnoticed. Here are tips for those who have greater demands, and want their apps to access protected data.

Mojave’s privacy protection: informing users

Proposes and provides a simple graphical summary of privacy capabilities for apps in Mojave. Also shows how to add them in a Help window.

Open a document: how it works, and where it can go wrong, 3: Launch

Last of 3 articles explains how macOS selects and starts the app with which to open a document which you double-clicked/tapped.

Open a document: how it works, and where it can go wrong, 2: Security check

Second of 3 articles explains how macOS puts documents through its security checks before opening them.

Open a document: how it works, and where it can go wrong, 1: identification

How does macOS open the document that you double-click/tap? First of 3 parts explaining what should happen and where it can go wrong.

UTIutility 1.0b2 now looks even deeper into UTIs and file type designators

Additional information is now shown for UTIs, it has its own custom app icon, and works wonderfully in Dark Mode.

Is this the longest-running bug in macOS?

For around 5 years, if not longer, the Finder has suffered from an obvious bug which disrupts the workflow. Will Mojave fix it?

Inside iCloud with Cirrus 1.0b5: Paths and containers

Illustrated workthrough with Desktop & Documents Folders option turned on, showing file layouts in the GUI and file system. And a new version of Cirrus to do it with.