The surprise minor update to macOS 11.2.1 is smaller in size than the 11.2 update: around 2.4 GB […]
security
Apple has recently posted a downloadable Installer package containing Catalina Security Update 2021-001, which was released via Software […]
Apple has just pushed two updates, to the data files used by XProtect, bringing its version number to […]
Fifteen years ago, when we first got Spotlight search, we were more concerned with finding our documents rather than preventing others from reading their contents. Why?
You try to open an app on your M1 Mac, only to see an alert telling your that you don’t have permission to open it. Only that isn’t the reason.
Apple has just pushed an update to the data files used by XProtect, bringing its version number to […]
Final in series. Examines how the hardened runtime controls access to protected private data and services, and how some use private entitlements.
Second in the series. Considers in detail what the hardened environment offers the user, and how notarized apps can opt out of its protection.
Two bugs – one affecting SDK version beyond 11.0, the other changing designation of the Audio privacy entitlement. Now fixed.
First of three articles looking in detail at what notarization involves, and the benefits it might have to users. Considers the question of legacy apps.
The Eclectic Light Company 