Contains details of the last checksum of a disk image, performed using hdiutil verify, which can be compared against that stored in the image. Read-only and compressed images only.
High Sierra
Robust example Swift code for checking the free space available on a volume. A good quick check to run before trying to write out anything hefty.
Several Mac users have contacted me to report apparent contradictions between different estimates of free space remaining on […]
For no apparent reason, Sierra has again downloaded and installed an old ‘security’ update from 2016. Not only that, but it does its utmost to prevent you from finding out, even when studying the log. At least 5 bugs!
The File menu has been tidied, and xattred can now save the one xattr selected or all of them to a text file.
Its purpose is unknown, but it is automatically attached to contents of apps downloaded from iCloud Drive, if to a different system from the uploader.
An odd problem: you try running an old installer and it crashes. There’s nothing actually wrong with the installer, it’s just that the rules have changed.
Mac firmware had become a real mess, and would have made firmware malware a nightmare. Over the last few months, Apple engineers have at last got a grip.
macOS High Sierra 10.13.3 is another substantial update, weighing in at around 2 GB in all, amounting to […]
Apple has just released updates for macOS. High Sierra has a full update to version 10.13.3, which is […]
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