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A brief history of keychains

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From their origin with an email engine in 1993, to the addition of the more secure Data Protection keychain supporting passkeys and much more.

March 1, 2025 Macs, Technology

How your Mac can update macOS when you don’t want it to

I had left my Mac running near midnight. Next morning it had shut down in the middle of an unwanted macOS update. Here’s how macOS went against my express settings.

February 27, 2025 Macs, Technology

Apple has released an update to XProtect for all macOS

Apple has just released an update to XProtect for all supported versions of macOS, bringing it to version […]

February 26, 2025 Macs, Technology, Updates

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 296

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 296. Here are my solutions to them. 1: No […]

February 24, 2025 General, Macs, Technology

Gaining access to privacy-protected folders

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The difference between consent and intent, why an app adds itself to Settings, and when you should add it to Full Disk Access.

February 24, 2025 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: The sinkhole under macOS

Permissions, privacy and security protections can conspire to prevent us from accessing our own files. They aren’t integrated, consistent or documented, and badly need improvement.

February 23, 2025 Macs, Technology

Saturday Mac riddles 296

Here are this weekend’s Mac riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: No amateur […]

February 22, 2025 General, Macs, Technology

A brief history of scripting the Mac

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Includes HyperTalk, UserTalk, AppleScript, Prograph, shell scripts, Automator, Swift Playgrounds and Shortcuts, from 1987 to the present.

February 22, 2025 Macs, Technology

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 295

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 295. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Visible […]

February 17, 2025 General, Macs, Technology

Saturday Mac riddles 295

Here are this weekend’s Mac riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: Visible vapour […]

February 15, 2025 General, Macs, Technology

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