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Mojave

Security, privacy, and why XProtect won’t stop apps reading your email

The differences between security and privacy, why we need effective controls over both, and how those controls are different.

September 8, 2018 Macs, Technology

Privacy + Scripting = Problems

Control of one app by another is an important but difficult aspect of Mojave’s new privacy controls. Here’s how it handles that at present, and some of the issues it raises.

September 7, 2018 Macs, Technology

Working with Mojave’s Privacy Protection

For many users, privacy controls in Mojave will pass almost unnoticed. Here are tips for those who have greater demands, and want their apps to access protected data.

September 6, 2018 Macs, Technology

Should you upgrade to Mojave early?

Which version of macOS are you intending to be running at the end of this month? Should you upgrade to Mojave either when it is released, or soon afterwards?

September 5, 2018 Macs, Technology

Apple has pushed its weekly update to Gatekeeper’s data

Apple has just pushed an update to the data used by Gatekeeper, bringing its version number to 154, […]

September 4, 2018 Macs, Technology

What can that app do? Entitlements, authorisation, and privacy

To pre-empt privacy problems in Mojave, you need to know information which is currently not easily obtained. Here’s an app to do it for you.

September 3, 2018 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Growing the Apple crop

Mojave’s new privacy controls continue to cause problems with AppleEvents, and have a remaining bug to be fixed. Why have they been discovered so late, though?

September 2, 2018 Macs, Technology

PermissionScanner 1.3 is notarized and fully ready for Mojave

Helps you scan for faulty permissions in your Home folder, with help from Mojave’s new privacy protection system.

September 1, 2018 Macs, Technology

Precize 1.4 is notarized and fully ready for Mojave

This update comes with full guidance on how to get the best from the app with Mojave’s privacy protection.

August 31, 2018 Macs, Technology

LockRattler 4.10 is a recommended update for all users

Brings a new feature, to check whether a firmware password is set. For Mojave, adds online check of current versions, and help with privacy protection.

August 30, 2018 Macs, Technology

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