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How macOS has become more private

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Frameworks provide much of the macOS API. Over the last 5 years, the percentage of Private Frameworks has risen from 76% to 84%. Why is macOS becoming more private?

January 2, 2025 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Knowing your limitations

Know yourself, including your methods and their limitations; nothing to excess, and certainty brings insanity: the maxims for those who study macOS.

January 29, 2023 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: When the Internet caught fire

Last week, most of the servers around the world were found to have a serious vulnerability which is trivial to exploit. Even iCloud was affected. How does it affect you?

December 12, 2021 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Why isn’t APFS fully supported yet in macOS?

With only sketchy documentation and no open source release, how complete are the tools to support APFS? Are they still “work in progress”?

August 18, 2019 Macs, Technology

Safe from prying eyes: a free script app for robust encryption

A free open source droplet for robust encryption and decryption, and explanation of the AppleScript code.

November 13, 2015 General, Macs, Technology

Bring out your bugs

Software vendors should be able to take pride in the way in which they address bugs, not feel so ashamed that the information has to be kept quiet.

June 30, 2015 General, Macs, Technology

Open Government

A truly open government champions open standards and open source, and nurtures European software development.

June 23, 2015 General, Macs, Technology

A C of Insecurity

Like the moth which flies miles to contact an irresistible lantern, only to die in its flame, the C languages continue to draw programmers to their nemesis.

April 4, 2015 General, Macs, Technology
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