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AMFI: checking file integrity on your Mac

Apple Mobile File Integrity is a combination of a KEXT and a LaunchDaemon which check app signatures, entitlements, and provisioning profiles.

December 29, 2018 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Enduring file references in macOS

First there were inodes, aliases, and links. Finder aliases already use the volfs file system, but Apple wants us to switch to its opaque Bookmarks

March 11, 2018 Macs, Technology

Starting up in High Sierra 10.13.1: an initial log exploration

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Changes include frequent timechecks by timed, harder access to info about keychains, a couple of possible AppleScript bugs, and APFS snapshots.

November 23, 2017 Macs, Technology

The app sandbox and how it protects

Unlike iOS, OS X does not require apps to run in a sandbox. But when they do, there are important benefits to the user.

August 29, 2016 Macs, Technology

Q&A: Mail’s Preferences won’t work

A couple of preference settings, controlling automatic correction of spelling errors and ‘from’ addressing, that I have made in Mail keep becoming undone whenever I restart my Mac mini. How can I get them to persist properly?

May 4, 2015 Macs, Technology

Q&A: Hanging Contacts

Contacts launches but hangs when I try to use it.

May 1, 2015 Macs, Technology

Gatekeeper: its defence against malware

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Apple’s products have become more popular with malware authors too. How does Yosemite improve defences against Trojans and other nasties?

April 28, 2015 Macs, Technology

Everything in its place

Freshly installed OS X has clear ideas about what should go where. Does it really matter, or can […]

April 9, 2015 Macs, Technology

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