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AutoPkg users can now deploy Consolation and more

AutoPkg is a framework for macOS which allows system administrators and similar to deploy software to managed clients, […]

October 20, 2017 Macs, Technology

Updated free tools: should all now pass Gatekeeper checks

All these have now been updated and should pass Gatekeeper checks and run on both Sierra and High Sierra.

September 27, 2017 General, Macs, Technology

KeychainCheck 1.3: new version should run on Sierra, and High Sierra

Checks basic settings and function in your keychains. Now runs on El Capitan, Sierra, or High Sierra.

September 20, 2017 Macs, Technology

Beyond Scripting in Swift: Who’s afraid of the big, bad buffer?

I never thought that I’d be writing C in Swift, even down to handling null-terminated strings. But the code works.

April 4, 2017 Macs, Technology

Beyond Scripting in Swift: Keychains lost in translation

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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!

April 3, 2017 Macs, Technology

How does your keychain work?

Authentication dialogs to permit access to your keychain are supplied by the macOS security system, and follow a strict pattern.

April 3, 2017 Macs, Technology

KeychainCheck 1.2 is now available

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This new version adds a Help Book, Tooltips, and supports window resizing more usefully.

April 1, 2017 Macs, Technology

New releases: Consolation 1.0b4, LockRattler 3.2, KeychainCheck 1.1

Significant improvements to Consolation for browsing logs. The others gain proper version numbers and icons.

February 6, 2017 General, Macs, Technology

KeychainCheck 1.0: a little tool to check user keychains

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This may help you work out what is going wrong with local keychains in Sierra. Another free tool to spare you from Terminal.

January 13, 2017 Macs, Technology

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