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Log Literacy: Extending Ulbow with predicates, filters & styles

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How to develop predicates, filters and styles interactively, then add them to Ulbow’s settings. And how to transfer those settings to another Mac.

March 10, 2023 Macs, Technology

Privacy: what TCC does and doesn’t

Untangling what in Privacy & Security is controlled by TCC, what resetting it really does, why you should do that before selecting it database, and what TCC does for iCloud.

February 10, 2023 Macs, Technology

Changing preferences isn’t so simple

Before you try editing or trashing that preference file, ask whether macOS in the form of cfprefsd isn’t going to undo your work.

November 25, 2022 Macs, Technology

Silently updated security data files in Ventura

From AppleKextExcludeList to XProtect Remediator, what’s where, its current version, and which have fallen into disuse.

October 29, 2022 Macs, Technology

The transition from Preferences to Settings

Ventura’s switch to using Settings is going to be messy in apps, but System Settings will pose serious problems for macOS support material.

October 8, 2022 Macs, Technology

Explainer: Non-Volatile RAM (NVRAM)

How to discover what’s stored in your Mac’s NVRAM, how to reset it in Intel Macs, and how you can changes its variables.

January 22, 2022 Macs, Technology

Silently updated security data files in Monterey

From CompatibilityNotificationData to XProtect, details of all the security data and related components in Monterey.

October 27, 2021 Macs, Technology

Silently updated security data files in Big Sur

Details of data files for MRT, XProtect, Gatekeeper and other security features in Big Sur. Covers both Intel and M1 Macs.

December 14, 2020 Macs, Technology

Unsticking stuck preference settings

When nothing seems able to get that preference setting right, don’t abandon hope – follow this instead.

August 4, 2020 Macs, Technology

Security data files: how they’ve changed in Catalina

Details of their locations, purposes, and the current installed version. These have changed a great deal since Mojave.

October 17, 2019 Macs, Technology

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