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File system funnies: how to put two TextEdits side by side

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What has happened in the Applications folder: two apps with an identical name? Isn’t it protected by SIP anyway?

January 29, 2020 Macs, Technology

What changed in the Catalina 10.15.3 update?

According to Apple’s release notes for the Catalina 10.15.3 update, there are only two changes which merit specific […]

January 29, 2020 Macs, Technology, Updates

Apple has released macOS Catalina 10.15.3, and security updates for Mojave and High Sierra

Apple has just released the update to bring Catalina to version 10.15.3, together with Security Updates for both […]

January 28, 2020 Macs, Technology, Updates

A Guide to Catalina’s Privacy Protection: 4 tccutil

Despite the lack of documentation from Apple, here’s a full rundown on the only tool provided to control privacy settings.

January 28, 2020 Macs, Technology

What could possibly go wrong on an app first run?

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App translocation, signature checks, XProtect and more explained, with key messages from the log to help you diagnose problems.

January 27, 2020 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: When more security subverts security

Using Little Snitch, this becomes unresolvable, as the app can’t complete first run checks, and every time you try, it’s translocated to a different folder, causing Little Snitch to block it again.

January 26, 2020 Macs, Technology

Apple has pushed updates to XProtect and MRT

Apple has pushed two updates today, to the data files used by XProtect, bringing its version number to […]

January 22, 2020 Macs, Technology, Updates

A Guide to Catalina’s Privacy Protection: 3 New protected locations

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How does Catalina protect privacy of locations such as ~/Documents and removable volumes? What are your controls?

January 16, 2020 Macs, Technology

A Guide to Catalina’s Privacy Protection: 2 Controlling privacy settings

Inside the Privacy tab in the Security & Privacy pane, and some pitfalls which could leave your private data exposed.

January 15, 2020 Macs, Technology

SilentKnight version 1.6 is kinder to those still running Sierra

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Now that Sierra is unsupported, this update no longer marks its older firmware versions as being errors.

January 13, 2020 Macs, Technology, Updates

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