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Mojave

Should you try repairing permissions in High Sierra or later?

Has repairing permissions on Home folders proved successful in Sierra? Should it be considered as a solution in High Sierra and later? Is it even available there?

July 14, 2018 Macs, Technology

Two command tools updated for Mojave: alisma and unormal

Create and resolve Finder aliases from the command line, and convert Unicode strings into any of their normalised forms.

July 13, 2018 Macs, Technology

LockRattler 4.6 fixes documentation bugs

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A minor update to correct errors in the Help book and PDF documentation.

July 9, 2018 Macs, Technology

Apple has pushed an update to Gatekeeper’s data

Apple has just pushed an update to the data used by Gatekeeper, bringing its version number to 147, […]

July 9, 2018 Macs, Technology

More app updates: Unicode and text tools

Apfelstrudel, which explores Unicode normalisation and string operations; Dystextia for obfuscating Roman text using spoofing; and Rosettavert for converting between text encodings.

July 7, 2018 Macs, Technology

Is this the longest-running bug in macOS?

For around 5 years, if not longer, the Finder has suffered from an obvious bug which disrupts the workflow. Will Mojave fix it?

July 6, 2018 Macs, Technology

Apple has pushed an update to Gatekeeper’s data

Apple has just pushed an update to the data used by Gatekeeper, bringing its version number to 146, […]

July 3, 2018 Macs, Technology

Scrub goes into its first beta: improved privacy for sensitive documents

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Now surveys and warns of items like apps which could become impaired with over-enthusiastic stripping of xattrs, etc. Great in Dark Mode too.

July 3, 2018 Macs, Technology

Wanted: some brave users to test Scrub

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A first alpha release, which appears stable and almost fully functional, but will cause havoc if used inappropriately.

July 2, 2018 Macs, Technology

Is it time for a good Scrub? Building a tool to enhance privacy

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Documents and data which you want to remain private can leak via macOS. Here’s a proposal for an app to do something about it. Could it help you?

June 30, 2018 Macs, Technology

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