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How your Mac can download an old ‘security’ update by accident

macOS can update files protected by SIP without your knowledge of any update taking place, and without the event being recorded in the Install History. Here’s how it happens.

January 17, 2018 Macs, Technology

Last Year on My Mac: Accident-prone

2017 was never going to be easy, and Apple had a lot of accidents over its closing months. It delivered a lot of new products, and with them a lot of new problems.

December 31, 2017 Macs, Technology

xattr: lock, a log file lock

Found in some supplementary log files in Sierra only, and contain a UUID which may refer to main log files.

December 30, 2017 xattr

xattr: com.apple.uuiddb.boot-uuid, log metadata

Found in supplementary log files in Sierra and High Sierra only. May contain a UUID reference to main log files.

December 30, 2017 xattr

xattr: com.apple.logd.metadata, log metadata

Attached to log tracev3 files in High Sierra only. Contents and function not known.

December 29, 2017 xattr

Inside the iCloud keychain, and its problems

So you think you know about iCloud Keychain? A careful exploration turns up some surprises, and suggests some good rules for troubleshooting.

December 5, 2017 Macs, Technology

Does Woodpile crash on you when trying to start? This should fix it

If you have been trying to open Woodpile, but it has crashed each time, this update should allow it to run properly.

November 29, 2017 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Vanishing keychains

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?

November 26, 2017 Macs, Technology

Now you can filter with regular expressions in Woodpile

Preface a filter with the ® character, and Woodpile will use it in a regular expression (regex) search of log message content.

November 25, 2017 Macs, Technology

Making Woodpile more usable: version 1.0b3

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New features to set the number of bars in its chart view, and refresh a view. Improvements in usability and efficiency, and a couple of bug fixes.

November 24, 2017 Macs, Technology

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