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Last Week on My Mac: No normal user

Why does almost every Mac user use their system in an admin role? Shouldn’t macOS encourage us to be ‘normal’ users?

April 16, 2017 Macs, Technology

Adobe updates Flash Player to 25.0.0.148

Adobe has just released an update to bring its Flash Player to version 25.0.0.148, which is available from […]

April 11, 2017 Macs, Technology

Beyond Scripting in Swift: Who’s afraid of the big, bad buffer?

I never thought that I’d be writing C in Swift, even down to handling null-terminated strings. But the code works.

April 4, 2017 Macs, Technology

Beyond Scripting in Swift: Keychains lost in translation

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Nearly three years after Swift was launched, its interface to macOS is still only partly complete. And the docs are misleading and contradictory. Oh fun!

April 3, 2017 Macs, Technology

How does your keychain work?

Authentication dialogs to permit access to your keychain are supplied by the macOS security system, and follow a strict pattern.

April 3, 2017 Macs, Technology

Thunderbolt devices and security: why the CIA mightn’t like 10.12.4

Odd Thunderbolt peripherals, intelligence agencies, and the latest Sierra update.

March 29, 2017 Macs, Technology

macOS Sierra 10.12.4 update now available, and El Cap and Yosemite security updates

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Apple has released the update to macOS Sierra 10.12.4, together with app updates for MainStage 3, Pages, Numbers, […]

March 27, 2017 Macs, Technology

What should you do when LockRattler returns a worrying error?

You expect macOS security systems to work all the time, protecting your Mac. What if they start playing up?

March 27, 2017 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Compromised, or conned?

Hackers claim 300 million compromised iCloud accounts, and Wikileaks claims details of techniques being used by CIA to spy on Mac and iOS users. Fact or fake?

March 26, 2017 General, Macs, Technology

Apple has pushed another Gatekeeper update

Just two days after its last update to macOS Sierra’s Gatekeeper Configuration Data, Apple has pushed out another […]

March 26, 2017 Macs, Technology

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