New version of ViableS runs in a sandbox, with no shared folders, and can now be isolated from networks. So how well does Ventura work without internet?
Notarization
In the two years since we’ve been waiting for Apple to provide an option to opt out of online certificate and notarization checks, Apple has added two enhanced security modes, but not addressed the original issue.
Yes, you can notarize command tools. Doing so ensures independent approval that the code isn’t malicious, and disapproval, letting macOS block code with revoked certificates or notarization.
It’s well over 4 years since Apple introduced notarization, but many executables still aren’t properly signed, and require the user to bypass Gatekeeper.
Download some vital free software, mount its disk image, run the Installer package there – but why does Ventura refuse to install it, and what you do?
Checks on app signatures and notarization of notarized apps will be performed each time they’re run. How to deal with problems, and what not to do.
So macOS is being swallowed up into iOS? Haven’t you forgotten how iPadOS is trying to establish itself the middle ground between them?
Is macOS going to be like iOS? Not in Ventura, where notarization is improved with additional security checks. Here are the details.
Overview of supported Macs, Accessory Security, Rapid Security Response, changes coming in notarization, and increasing support for Ukrainian.
There have been changes to the way that macOS 12 checks executable code when asked to run it. Summarised in a diagram.
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