How laptop Apple silicon Macs help prevent attack by malicious USB and TB devices using Accessory Security, and why some of them also have liquid detectors in their USB-C ports.
Sequoia
The difference between security and privacy, how consent and intent are obtained, how this works with command tools, important links, lists of protected resources and tccutil arguments.
Survey of other privacy controls, including those involved in scripting and for development. Details of the new control on access to devices on the local network.
XProtect’s updates are now less timely and reliable than they were in previous versions of macOS, leaving some Macs not updated for over 48 hours after release of a new version.
These work differently from other privacy controls, and are required for Find My… and Activation Lock. There are some catches too, and no command tool to help.
Getting XProtect data to update in Sequoia has been an adventure. The latest update to 5289 seems to have changed the rules again. Here’s how it works, and how you can get updated.
When it started up after its macOS update, available space on its internal SSD had shot from about 160 GB to nearly 400 GB. Where had all my files gone?
The difference between consent and intent, why an app adds itself to Settings, and when you should add it to Full Disk Access.
How DAS gathers its budgets and loads lists of activities. When rescoring permits, it then dispatches the process to initiate backup. Re-scheduling has changed in Sequoia, as shown here.
Is there a Secure Exclave Processor in M4 chips, a sister to the Secure Enclaves in Macs with T1, T2 or Apple silicon chips? What are they, and what do they do?
The Eclectic Light Company 