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How to tell if an app is notarized

Although macOS won’t tell, Apparency will, even down to launch constraints. Other alternatives, and how to check in the command line.

August 16, 2024 Macs, Technology

Updates: Revisionist 1.9, Spundle 1.7, Stibium 1.1, Taccy 1.15 and UTIutility 1.3

For working with document versions, managing sparse bundles, benchmarking disk performance, checking TCC privacy protection, and looking up UTIs.

June 21, 2023 Macs, Technology, Updates

How to check an app’s signature

GUI software and the commands you need to get the signature of an app checked thoroughly by macOS, plus a detailed list of error code.

September 17, 2022 Macs, Technology

What’s in an app’s signature?

App signatures are about more than just the certificate. That provides a chain of trust going back to Apple, and supports integrity checks and entitlements.

March 8, 2022 Macs, Technology

Cirrus 1.12 and Taccy 1.14 fix time issues and improve log performance

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Updates recommended for all users. They finally address problems with using 12-hour and other clocks. Log handling code has been refactored to improve performance.

April 23, 2021 Macs, Technology, Updates

Bugs and problems in the log: updates for 6 apps

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Consolation, Ulbow, Mints, T2M2, Cirrus and Taccy all updated to cope with increasing complexity and unreliability of the unified log.

April 6, 2021 Macs, Technology, Updates

Taccy version 1.12 fixes a couple of bugs

Two bugs – one affecting SDK version beyond 11.0, the other changing designation of the Audio privacy entitlement. Now fixed.

January 6, 2021 Macs, Technology, Updates

Code signatures: 2 How to check them

When macOS won’t let you open an app or other software because it warns that it’s (possibly) malware, here’s how to check the signatures.

October 30, 2020 Macs, Technology

Taccy 1.11 is now a Universal App

Now runs native on both Intel and Apple Silicon Macs, from Sierra to Big Sur beta 4.

August 10, 2020 Macs, Technology, Updates

Do you want to explore or diagnose a problem? Try Mints

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New approach to reading logs which enables you to follow conversations between sub-systems and services you’re interested in without messing with predicates.

July 15, 2020 Macs, Technology

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