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Even a lean and simple High Sierra system has many xattrs of many types, and plenty of files still have ‘resource forks’. Plus details of some important xattrs used by Apple’s system files.
Gatekeeper’s data files are updated to version 134, and MRT may also be undergoing update too.
They’re almost invisible, but surprisingly widely used. xattrs come in very many different types, and contain valuable information. Here are results from analysing most of a Sierra startup volume.
Adds a lot more diagnostic information, including full listings of all Keychains folders, including that for iCloud Keychain.
Why has High Sierra suffered such glaring security and other bugs? Look carefully at where they have occurred, and it suggests that this isn’t just carelessness.
Completely rewritten to use macOS support libraries, parse log extracts, work with both local and iCloud keychains, and give you controls.
These services don’t often appear in the limelight, but the recent vulnerability in High Sierra reminds us how important they still are.
You need to format a USB memory stick in standard ExFAT. Do you try Disk Utility in Sierra, or High Sierra, when both are likely to fail?
If you are running macOS High Sierra 10.13.1 and have just applied the Security Update (2017-001) to fix […]
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