Unlike file data, metadata has varying persistence. Some is ephemeral, others sticky. macOS has inbuilt mechanisms for managing the persistence of extended attributes.
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Here are this weekend’s riddles to entertain you through whatever you’re now allowed to do. 1: I don’t […]
Easy to access, well-supported in the Finder and elsewhere, Finder tags are powerful tools which rely on extended attributes to do their job. All you need to know about them.
Apple has pushed an update today to its malware removal tool MRT, bringing it to version 1.69.3, dated […]
Apple has pushed an update today to the data files used by XProtect, bringing its version number to […]
Where to find its data files, what each contains and does, when XProtect is called to scan software, and a list of known malware it should detect.
I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 70. Here are my solutions to them. 1: I […]
The update to MRT 1.68 has caused problems with many Macs. Even if their cause is discovered, fixing them is usually long and complex. That silent security update is causing a denial of service.
Here are this weekend’s riddles to entertain you through whatever you’re now allowed to do. 1: I bring […]
The macOS Malware Removal Tool – what is it, where is it, what does it do and how does it run? And a curious story about its recent past, when it was used to remove non-malware.
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