What are keychains? What do they store? Which are essential on Macs, and why do you get prompted to enter your password for access to them? How secure are they in iCloud?
Mints
Adds a button to automatically retrieve the log reports of all scans completed by XProtect Remediator over the last 24 hours.
A new version of Mints adds the ability to view versions of installed firmware and recovery systems, valuable particularly for Apple silicon Macs.
I was browsing thousands of log entries from Software Update and its relatives when something caught my eye. Here’s what became of it.
How to discover the version of ‘fallback’ Recovery, Bridge versions of T2 chips, and a whole lot more info about a Mac. And a bonus for Ventura.
Browse log entries for a recent boot, examine the entries for Time Machine, and check for errors in another subsystem.
Mints gains a new tool to examine the activities of triald and trial in the Unified log. Here’s a quick survey of what happens in a quiet day.
For some images, Visual Look Up fails so completely that it’s not even offered. Could this be exploited as a way of blocking image recognition?
Visual Look Up also recognises flowers, landmarks and pets, as well as well-known paintings. Here’s how it does those, and how Live Text is different.
The first phase analyses, classifies and detects any objects within the image. When the user clicks on the white dot, this completes with a search for the best match.
The Eclectic Light Company 