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Why launch constraints can crash apps

One cause of an app crashing as soon as it’s launched, these constraints prevent you from running bundled apps copied elsewhere, and can now be used by third-party apps.

August 23, 2024 Macs, Technology

Controlling System Integrity Protection using csrutil: a reference

Why disable the whole of SIP when all you need is to disable some of its features? Here are all the options explained, and how to combine them.

August 21, 2024 Macs, Technology

Sonoma’s unfinished business: exclaves, conclaves and the kernel

Sonoma 14.4 added support for exclaves and conclaves, which are used in Sequoia’s virtual machines. What is an exclave, and what does it add?

August 20, 2024 Macs, Technology

A proposed new interface for SilentKnight 3

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After a batch of new MacBook Pros were delivered with SIP disabled: LockRattler (December 2016), EFIcienC then SilentKnight (July 2019), and here’s what version 3 should look like.

August 17, 2024 Macs, Technology

What changed in macOS Sonoma? End of term report

How has the System changed in numbers since Mojave? Why has the number of kernel extensions risen since their deprecation? Why so many Private Frameworks?

August 15, 2024 Macs, Technology

macOS updates are shrinking, but what happened to RSRs?

How large were Sonoma’s updates? How many were unscheduled patches? Why were there no RSRs? What does Sequoia hold in store?

August 14, 2024 Macs, Technology

Apple has released Sonoma 14.6.1 and 13.6.9 patch updates

Apple has just released patch updates to bring macOS Sonoma to version 14.6.1, and Ventura to 13.6.9. There’s […]

August 7, 2024 Macs, Technology, Updates

What has changed in macOS Sonoma 14.6

As I forecast only yesterday, Apple has today released macOS Sonoma version 14.6. According to its previous calendar, […]

July 29, 2024 Macs, Technology, Updates

Apple has just released Sonoma 14.6, Ventura 13.6.8 and Monterey 12.7.6

Apple has just released the update to bring Sonoma to version 14.6, together with security updates to Ventura […]

July 29, 2024 Macs, Technology, Updates

Last Week on My Mac: Are you ready for Sonoma 14.6?

macOS Sonoma 14.6 is likely to be released next week, rather than as expected in September. How does this change future updates and which version you should be running?

July 28, 2024 Macs, Technology

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