Gatekeeper may decide to run a new app from a random location, in translocation. The rules for this are explained, and how to ensure that doesn’t affect your apps.
macOS 14
A relatively small update, with two new private frameworks named Cosmo and Tabi!
Apple has just released the update to bring macOS Sonoma to version 14.5, and security updates to Ventura […]
All apps now undergo Gatekeeper assessment, but only some have XProtect checks for malware, and the unfortunate few get translocated too.
If the Finder’s Get Info dialog may report inaccurate total file size, does that mean the folder sizes are also incorrect? And does this affect volumes too?
Documentation changed to match the bug, seldom-used features that no longer work, and malware protection that devoured parts of Xcode.
Classic Mac OS could give the size of data and resource forks. High Sierra ignored extended attributes, and Sonoma tries to add them, but only includes some.
Union mounts let you merge the contents of two volumes without copying any files. Do they work as expected in Sonoma’s APFS, though?
How one of the serious bugs in macOS Sonoma 14.4 came about, why it was so serious, and how Apple released a fix in 7 days of it being reported.
You’ve just updated to 14.4 or 14.4.1 and are prompted to set up a new Recovery Key for FileVault. What do you do next, and how should you check the key?
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