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Last Week on My Mac: Notarization arrives in 10.14.5

Apple provides detailed information about how to stunt your Mac’s performance to mitigate against MDS, but doesn’t mention how notarization has become mandatory, and can block extensions and apps from running.

May 19, 2019 Macs, Technology

Finder icons and QuickLook: friends or enemies?

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Icons are a fundamental part of a graphical interface, and convey valuable information. Although QuickLook thumbnails can enhance, they can also conflict unless carefully thought out.

May 18, 2019 Macs, Technology

What is Gatekeeper, and where can I see it?

Look in Activity Monitor or the log, and you won’t find anything named Gatekeeper, is its a team of different systems, each of which can work on its own. Here’s the detail and a diagram.

May 17, 2019 Macs, Technology

Files that aren’t: how Safari puts weblocs on pause

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Safari 12.1.1 will write a folder of weblocs from its Bookmarks page, but forgets to close and release those files. Look at the problems which result.

May 16, 2019 Macs, Technology

Known bugs in macOS Mojave 10.14.5: an incomplete summary

Only one previously reported bug appears to have been fixed in 10.14.5. Here’s a list of some of those which remain.

May 15, 2019 Macs, Technology

Apple has pushed an update to Gatekeeper’s data

Apple has pushed an update to the data used by Gatekeeper, bringing its version number to 166, dated […]

May 13, 2019 Macs, Technology

macOS Mojave 10.14.5 update has been released, with Sierra and High Sierra Security Updates 2019-003

Apple has just released macOS Mojave 10.14.5 update, which is around 2.8 GB in size when obtain via […]

May 13, 2019 Macs, Technology

xattred the GUI extended attribute editor reaches version 1.0 at last

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Brings a new Stripper tool to remove xattrs in bulk, extensive Help, and a code integrity check.

May 13, 2019 Macs, Technology

When does Mojave check an app’s signature? The answer isn’t entirely consistent

App signatures are only checked on app first run – it may once have been true, but is no longer accurate. But can you bypass those additional checks? Is this a vulnerability?

May 13, 2019 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Language wars

is Swift somehow superior to Objective-C? Or is it a second-class language for macOS? Do those questions have any meaning at all?

May 12, 2019 Macs, Technology

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