Since Apple introduced the SSV in Big Sur, macOS updates have been huge, haven’t they? Checking the numbers gives a different answer.
macOS 13
The update to macOS Ventura 13.4 is relatively small, and brings several improvements and fixes, including the following […]
Apple has just released the update to bring macOS 13 Ventura to version 13.4 (build 22F66), and security […]
How can you have two volumes in the same APFS container with identical names? How does macOS handle the conflicts?
All about helpd and HelpViewer, how they index and maintain Help books. And what has gone wrong recently, including an odd difference between Intel and Apple silicon Macs.
Which extended attributes are attached to downloaded archives and apps? How do they fit in with provenance tracking?
If you thought that App Translocation only happens to apps left in their original folders and not moved, and doesn’t happen after first run, this could come as a surprise.
We should have expected Apple to remain silent about what the RSR does. But ruining its own clean and logical version numbering system was unexpected.
With the sealed system and Cryptexes, macOS updates are less likely to cause problems. As RSRs are easy to uninstall, it’s simple to test whether they’re the cause.
What does Safe mode do to all those service caches managed by CacheDelete? Does it still check your boot disk too?
The Eclectic Light Company 