This tool for Sierra now inspects and displays extended attributes, and will write a quarantine xattr to force a full Gatekeeper check on an app, as if downloaded.
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This new version improves control behaviours in the preferences sheet. Is it ready for final release now?
They’re almost everywhere now: UUIDs and GUIDs identify disk volumes, printers, even the processes running on your Mac. Here’s an explanation.
If you want someone else to be able to run your script app, you’ll need to sign it and get it past Gatekeeper’s checks. Here are more details about the role of xattrs in those, and how to run a full check without downloading your app.
They’re responsible for determining Gatekeeper’s checks, contain Finder information, and much more. With a new free tool too.
Apple has pushed another silent update to the security data files for macOS Sierra and OS X El […]
macOS is now largely undocumented. It’s time to do the job ourselves: what about an open collaborative project?
Signposts from Sierra 10.12.6 recording key steps when logging in, out, and fast user switching. And a fascinating process which serialises its log entries.
What do you do when you open a document, only to find that the wrong app opens it? Here’s how to tackle that and more.
Digging into macOS Sierra and its logs to examine how Recent Items works. Useful insights into Launch Services, and potential historical info about documents opened.
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