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macOS 10.15

Last Week on My Mac: Welcome to the managed environment?

It’s not very often that we see the birth of a whole new subsystem both in macOS and iOS, but RunningBoard is brand new with 10.15 and 13.

November 10, 2019 Macs, Technology

Catalina’s log can’t be unprivatised

How can you inspect log entries censored with in Catalina? Apparently you can’t any more.

November 9, 2019 Macs, Technology

How RunningBoard tracks every app, and manages some

How this new part of macOS tracks the apps which you open, and declares when they exit “Death Sentinel fired!”

November 9, 2019 Macs, Technology

Safe Booting in Catalina has changed

Disk integrity checks appear to have been dropped from Safe Boot. OpenDirectory databases are rebuilt. With a full listing of all blocked extensions.

November 8, 2019 Macs, Technology

RunningBoard: a new subsystem in Catalina to detect errors

RunningBoard is new to macOS 10.15 and iOS 13. It’s very active in the log, and can cause apps to crash sometimes. So what does it do?

November 7, 2019 Macs, Technology

Starting up in Catalina: sequence and waypoints in the log

Some important similarities, such as the entry marking the beginning of startup, but plenty of changes in APFS and security entries.

November 6, 2019 Macs, Technology

SilentKnight and silnite now look at firmware more thoroughly

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Updates now distinguish between firmware versions for High Sierra and Mojave, and those for Catalina. Recommended for all users.

November 4, 2019 Macs, Technology

Consolation 3.4 fixes three bugs when used in Catalina

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Three bug fixes for those using Catalina, but this update is recommended for all users.

October 31, 2019 Macs, Technology, Updates

A plain guide to Mac firmware and its problems

There are three software systems at the heart of every Mac: its firmware (‘EFI firmware’), the system kernel, […]

October 31, 2019 Macs, Technology

What has changed in the Catalina 10.15.1 update?

Apple’s release notes for Catalina 10.15.1 are quite detailed, at last, and specify improvements and fixes to support […]

October 30, 2019 Macs, Technology

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