Overview of the features of all available tools for working with keychains – including one running on Windows!
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Why doesn’t High Sierra record the opening of keychains in the log, in the way that Sierra does? Has Apple abandoned the goals of its new unified log?
Changes include frequent timechecks by timed, harder access to info about keychains, a couple of possible AppleScript bugs, and APFS snapshots.
How to identify which keychains are opened when your Mac starts up, and any problems when that happens.
A detailed examination of what happens during the first few minutes after starting your Mac up. Vital for anyone trying to diagnose problems in that period.
A crass security bug, not changing version numbers, undocumented file formats, and stunted log access: components in the new RDF.
Signposts from Sierra 10.12.6 recording key steps when logging in, out, and fast user switching. And a fascinating process which serialises its log entries.
How to cope better with problems which can occur with iCloud Keychains, and how to make your own local backups.
I never thought that I’d be writing C in Swift, even down to handling null-terminated strings. But the code works.
Nearly three years after Swift was launched, its interface to macOS is still only partly complete. And the docs are misleading and contradictory. Oh fun!
The Eclectic Light Company 