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macOS 10.14

How macOS 10.14 and later overrides write permission on some files

Additional to the protected folders listed in the Privacy pane, macOS has a secret list of files which are also read-only. Apple hasn’t documented these.

March 4, 2020 Macs, Technology

Is there a bug in macOS 10.14 and later, testing whether files are writable?

When a file’s permissions are set to allow the user to write to it, but an app testing whether the file is writable is told that it isn’t.

March 4, 2020 Macs, Technology

A Guide to Catalina’s Privacy Protection: 5 Location

Unique because Location Services isn’t managed by TCC, but by its own locationd service, and is invariably shared in iCloud.

March 3, 2020 Macs, Technology

Time Machine 15: Large files including VMs

Do you have VMs or other large files, and use Time Machine for backups? Here’s how to make those backups quicker and more compact.

March 2, 2020 Macs, Technology

Locating a problem in the log using Ulbow 1.1b3

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Now feature-complete, this version has powerful tools to help you locate significant events to the second and better.

February 26, 2020 Macs, Technology, Updates

How to keep, or lose, a document’s previous versions

Document versions can be invaluable, being between Undo and your backups. But they’re also easy to lose. Here’s how to keep them.

February 14, 2020 Macs, Technology

Introducing the graphic log browser: Ulbow 1.1b1

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A log browser with charts? How frequency charts of log entries, separated by subsystem, can make your log even more accessible.

February 4, 2020 Macs, Technology

Apple has released macOS Catalina 10.15.3, and security updates for Mojave and High Sierra

Apple has just released the update to bring Catalina to version 10.15.3, together with Security Updates for both […]

January 28, 2020 Macs, Technology, Updates

A Guide to Catalina’s Privacy Protection: 4 tccutil

Despite the lack of documentation from Apple, here’s a full rundown on the only tool provided to control privacy settings.

January 28, 2020 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: When more security subverts security

Using Little Snitch, this becomes unresolvable, as the app can’t complete first run checks, and every time you try, it’s translocated to a different folder, causing Little Snitch to block it again.

January 26, 2020 Macs, Technology

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