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Last Week on My Mac: Notarization arrives in 10.14.5

Apple provides detailed information about how to stunt your Mac’s performance to mitigate against MDS, but doesn’t mention how notarization has become mandatory, and can block extensions and apps from running.

May 19, 2019 Macs, Technology

What has changed in the Mojave 10.14.5 update?

Over 6 GB of files installed, this brings many updates to bundled apps including Safari 12.1.1, changes to iTunes, and small changes to APFS too. Here are the details.

May 14, 2019 Macs, Technology

Mojave 10.14.5 changes kernel extension security

Tucked away in the macOS Mojave 10.14.5 update is a significant change in the way that it handles […]

May 13, 2019 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: The hard road to macOS 10.15

Before we worry about new apps to manage and play media, replacing iTunes, shouldn’t we think about the loss of 32-bit software, including QuickTime, and requirements for hardening and notarization?

April 14, 2019 Macs, Technology

Playing with fire: dealing with slow hot Macs

What should you do with a Mac whose fans keeping coming on full blast, with high CPU loads from kernel_task, and sluggish performance?

February 25, 2019 Macs, Technology

Panics, Pegasus, and Recovery

I was replying to a tweet when the display suddenly went black. Was my iMac Pro dead, or just auto-rebooting after a kernel panic, and why?

December 3, 2018 Macs, Technology

Silent Mojave night: security settings files in macOS Mojave

In amongst the hundreds of thousands of files which together make macOS Mojave work, there are security and […]

September 28, 2018 Macs, Technology

The ‘app’ you can’t trash: how SIP is broken in High Sierra

When you can’t remove an app which you installed just a few minutes ago, you know there’s something wrong. Here’s the solution, and why this is bad security.

January 2, 2018 Macs, Technology, xattr

Apple may or may not have updated MRT to version 1.27 (updated)

Comments to articles here show that some Mac users have, in the last day or so, received silent […]

December 8, 2017 Macs, Technology

Losing your Ethernet port unverifies your Mac

Even if you don’t connect it, a Mac’s Ethernet port is vital to authorise it to the App Store and more. Here’s how to cope if it goes missing.

October 6, 2017 Macs, Technology

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