Privacy protection differs between GUI and the command line, causing anomalies which are being exploited to steal private data.
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How to gain access to protected folders without having to add anything to the Privacy pane yourself. Now being exploited in the wild.
How ssh is by default given full access to private data, and how removing it from the Privacy pane only enables that access.
This article is being replaced with a completely fresh one which should be far more accurate.
A new version of Mojave brings some fixes, and introduces some new bugs. Here a few for starters. I’ll add more as we discover them.
Mojave’s first full release is looking relatively free of bugs so far. This list is updated as and when new information arrives.
When your Mac seems unresponsive and its GUI frozen, you don’t have to reach for the Power button. Try connecting using ssh: it’s actually very simple and valuable.
Sometimes you can’t use the menu command, or it doesn’t work. What do you try next?
Two recent security issues show how those who should know a good deal better are often too blinded by their own cleverness.
Crashes don’t come any harder than when your Mac just sits there, your startup disk missing or unusable. Here is how to prepare for, and recover from, such a hard crash.