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Consolation 2.3 released to improve search predicate support

This new version works around multiple issues in the log show command, to make the use of search predicates much more reliable and consistent.

June 26, 2017 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Testing trust in system upgrades and updates

Did Apple secretly alpha-test file system conversion in the iOS 10.0, 10.1, and 10.2 updates – without informing users or letting them opt-out of testing?

June 25, 2017 Macs, Technology

LaunchAgents and LaunchDaemons: Closing the vulnerability

OS X and macOS make it very easy for malware to make itself persistent. It’s time for High Sierra to improve protection of the user.

June 24, 2017 Macs, Technology

What is ‘copy on write’, and how is it good?

One of the major ‘new’ features in the new file system coming in High Sierra. But how does it help the Mac user?

June 23, 2017 Macs, Technology

How to discover which files should be readable and which writable: PermissionScanner 1.0b1

Repairing permissions on your Home folder is a blunt tool which could cause more problems. This tool looks through for potential problems, letting you fix them one file at a time.

June 19, 2017 Macs, Technology

Exploring Sierra 10.12.5 sleep and wake in the log, 2 DAS and CTS

Sleep interrupts the scheduling and dispatch of background tasks. Here’s how it looks in the dispatching systems.

June 16, 2017 Macs, Technology

Silent Sierra night: security settings files in macOS Sierra (version 2)

In amongst the tens or hundreds of thousands of files which together make macOS Sierra work, there are […]

June 14, 2017 Macs, Technology

Dystextia: a platform for exploring Unicode encoding problems, obfuscating text, and spoofing

Want to hide text from electronic searching and matching? Or just explore some of Unicode’s encoding issues? Here’s a useful tool.

June 13, 2017 General, Language, Macs, Technology

The return of the volume

In recent years, most Mac users have stopped partitioning drives into volumes. In High Sierra, you will probably want to use volumes again. Lots.

June 12, 2017 Macs, Technology

Last Week Off My Mac: A1 and AI

Apple keeps its promise with High Sierra and new Macs, but is less helpful in the log, and courts danger in AI.

June 11, 2017 Macs, Technology

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