Robust example Swift code for checking the free space available on a volume. A good quick check to run before trying to write out anything hefty.
Sierra
Several Mac users have contacted me to report apparent contradictions between different estimates of free space remaining on […]
For no apparent reason, Sierra has again downloaded and installed an old ‘security’ update from 2016. Not only that, but it does its utmost to prevent you from finding out, even when studying the log. At least 5 bugs!
The File menu has been tidied, and xattred can now save the one xattr selected or all of them to a text file.
Its purpose is unknown, but it is automatically attached to contents of apps downloaded from iCloud Drive, if to a different system from the uploader.
More mitigation for Meltdown and Spectre, EFI updates, and steady progress in High Sierra are all very promising. So where does that put macOS 10.14?
An odd problem: you try running an old installer and it crashes. There’s nothing actually wrong with the installer, it’s just that the rules have changed.
Mac firmware had become a real mess, and would have made firmware malware a nightmare. Over the last few months, Apple engineers have at last got a grip.
macOS Sierra Security Update 2018-001 is effectively a minor macOS update which updates a lot of components within […]
Apple has just released updates for macOS. High Sierra has a full update to version 10.13.3, which is […]
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