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There’s more to notarization than that

Is notarization just ‘security theatre’? How easy would it be to distribute malware through a legitimate distributor outside the App Store?

April 24, 2019 Macs, Technology

Apple has pushed an update to XProtect

Apple has pushed an update to the ‘Yara’ data files used by XProtect, bringing its version number to […]

April 19, 2019 Macs, Technology

Apple has pushed an update to Gatekeeper’s data

Apple has pushed an update to the data used by Gatekeeper, bringing its version number to 165, dated […]

April 18, 2019 Macs, Technology

Sandboxing makes quarantine flags almost meaningless

How the quarantine flag for apps and that for docs opened in sandboxed apps differ, and why there are now so many quarantine flags to trip us up.

April 15, 2019 Macs, Technology

Why all those quarantine flags?

Have you noticed quarantine flags appearing on movies and PDFs which have never been downloaded? Here’s a possible explanation.

April 13, 2019 Macs, Technology, xattr

How does notarization affect your own apps and scripts?

Apple’s latest information on notarization can appear alarming and contradictory. Do you need to notarize your own apps and scripts? More helpful guidance.

April 12, 2019 Macs, Technology

Macs move closer to compulsory notarization

Apple has just warned developers that rules on notarization will change in macOS 10.14.5. Will users be affected?

April 10, 2019 Macs, Technology

Back to school: studentd and Classroom in Mojave 10.14.4

If you’ve updated to macOS 10.14.4, you’ve already installed supporting software to use your Mac in a classroom. Was this an error in the update? What does it do?

April 1, 2019 Macs, Technology

Apple has released new versions of Sierra and High Sierra Security Update 2019-002

The initial releases of macOS Sierra and High Sierra Security Updates 2019-002 on Monday 25 March were not […]

March 30, 2019 Macs, Technology

Mojave 10.14.4’s strange new security certificate

Have you updated to 10.14.4? Checked your login keychain? You may see a new security certificate there. What’s it for?

March 30, 2019 Macs, Technology

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