Introduction to property lists, used in many places as well as the mainstay of preference files. How to change them safely without risk of conflicts.
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Why changing a property list in Preferences may not change that setting, and how you may not be able to throw the file away.
How to develop predicates, filters and styles interactively, then add them to Ulbow’s settings. And how to transfer those settings to another Mac.
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.
Before you try editing or trashing that preference file, ask whether macOS in the form of cfprefsd isn’t going to undo your work.
From AppleKextExcludeList to XProtect Remediator, what’s where, its current version, and which have fallen into disuse.
Ventura’s switch to using Settings is going to be messy in apps, but System Settings will pose serious problems for macOS support material.
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.
From CompatibilityNotificationData to XProtect, details of all the security data and related components in Monterey.
Details of data files for MRT, XProtect, Gatekeeper and other security features in Big Sur. Covers both Intel and M1 Macs.
