Can you install macOS Sonoma on an external SSD for an Apple silicon Mac running Sequoia 15.3.2? So far this has defeated two of us on many attempts. With useful tips that should have brought success.
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The hidden command tool lsregister can be used to control LaunchServices and its registry, but there are now snags in most of its features, as explained here.
Overview of how different subsystems work together during launching a notarized app, from LaunchServices to checking WritingTools and AI availability.
This new build checks that it can get log extracts, and has a wider range of filters you can use to select which entries it fetches and displays.
T2 Macs updated to 15.3.2 should have a newer firmware version than those who installed the Safari update for Sonoma or Ventura, but what is 14.7.5 and 13.7.5? Time to deconfuse.
What was this new background service that suddenly appeared in Sonoma 14.1, liquiddetectiond? Why wasn’t it documented until a year later, and is Apple really gathering data about damp USB-C ports?
How laptop Apple silicon Macs help prevent attack by malicious USB and TB devices using Accessory Security, and why some of them also have liquid detectors in their USB-C ports.
The difference between security and privacy, how consent and intent are obtained, how this works with command tools, important links, lists of protected resources and tccutil arguments.
Apple has just released an update for macOS Sequoia bringing it to version 15.3.2. There are also Safari […]
Survey of other privacy controls, including those involved in scripting and for development. Details of the new control on access to devices on the local network.
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