How can you tell whether a request for a keychain password is genuine? What about a regular request for password authentication?
macOS 14
For Finder aliases, writing entries in the log, checking file integrity, comparing extended attributes, normalising text to Unicode Forms, and running the same checks as SilentKnight.
Is your Mac likely to receive firmware updates in future? How can you check whether its firmware is up to date? What happens in Sonoma?
SystHist reveals full details of all macOS installations and updates, plus security updates. New version works with Sonoma, as well as reporting RSRs.
With the public beta of macOS 14 Sonoma due for imminent release, you may be tempted to try it out. Here are tips to help you avoid disaster.
So is macOS slowly merging with iOS, and are our Macs going to be locked down, so they can only run notarized apps?
How Big Sur gained an UpdateBrain that changed macOS fundamentally, and why you can’t get standalone or Combo updaters any more.
Apple uses the term ‘deprecation’ to warn developers that a feature in the API is going away, but seldom indicates the timescale. This causes problems.
So how can a VM of 119.6 GB fit in a 100 GB container? How sparse files can make VMs and disk images smaller on disk.
For working with document versions, managing sparse bundles, benchmarking disk performance, checking TCC privacy protection, and looking up UTIs.
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