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xattr: com.apple.cscachefs, iCloud Drive app tag

Its purpose is unknown, but it is automatically attached to contents of apps downloaded from iCloud Drive, if to a different system from the uploader.

January 29, 2018 xattr

Last Week on My Mac: Apple still loves us

More mitigation for Meltdown and Spectre, EFI updates, and steady progress in High Sierra are all very promising. So where does that put macOS 10.14?

January 28, 2018 Macs, Technology

macOS code signing and Gatekeeper ignore extended attributes

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Gatekeeper doesn’t seem interested in extended attributes attached to the contents of signed apps – the signature remains valid. Could this be exploited?

January 27, 2018 Macs, Technology, xattr

When an app or its installer won’t run after download

An odd problem: you try running an old installer and it crashes. There’s nothing actually wrong with the installer, it’s just that the rules have changed.

January 27, 2018 Macs, Technology

Is this the end of the line for Mac servers?

Apple says that macOS Server is changing, then warns that almost all its services will be removed. After 19 years, is this the end?

January 26, 2018 Macs, Technology

Restoring order to EFI firmware

Mac firmware had become a real mess, and would have made firmware malware a nightmare. Over the last few months, Apple engineers have at last got a grip.

January 25, 2018 Macs, Technology

File types, the UTI, and even more metadata

The Desktop and Finder illusions are held together by Launch Services, which associates file types with apps. This and more now hinge on the UTI.

January 24, 2018 Macs, Technology, xattr

macOS updates now available for High Sierra (10.13.3), Sierra, and El Capitan (updated)

Apple has just released updates for macOS. High Sierra has a full update to version 10.13.3, which is […]

January 23, 2018 Macs, Technology

Apple has pushed an update to Gatekeeper configuration data

Apple has today pushed an update to the configuration data used by Gatekeeper, bringing it to version 135. […]

January 23, 2018 Macs, Technology

Search Perfect revisited: SearchKeyLite is even easier to use

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Sleeker, supports file drag and drop, with a very quick and simple way to add common metadata across many files.

January 23, 2018 Macs, Technology

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