After years of limited controls, in Mojave (2018) Apple unleashed TCC and greatly enhanced privacy settings, that have come to dominate System Settings.
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Recommendations for the ‘standard’ user for security and privacy protection from startup to shutdown. A broad overview of all key systems and how they fit together.
How to check Apple Intelligence Reports, available when you use Writing Tools and other AI features in an Apple silicon Mac.
What does the new Writing Tools feature in Sequoia 15.1 offer? Here are examples of its different types of summary, and a comparison with other types of AI.
Sequoia 15.1 is imminent, and comes with Writing Tools. Most other AI features wait for 15.2, now in beta, and expected in early December. Don’t underestimate Writing Tools, though.
How secure and private can you make a macOS VM on Apple silicon? Follow these steps to create your own private Mac within macOS.
A brief reference to excluding items from being backed up, from Spotlight indexing their contents, and for them to be copied up to iCloud Drive.
Which Macs will run Sequoia, and which are stuck on older macOS? Are there any new emoji, and what about ChatGPT?
Quantum computers are coming, and with them the likelihood they can break today’s encryption methods. Prepare now against the future, using iMessage’s latest features.
Who to believe and what to do about warnings apparently sent by Apple, particularly its new threat notifications.
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