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Taccy now checks packages as well as app notarization

Want to check whether an Installer package has been properly notarized? This new version of Taccy will do it for you.

October 12, 2019 Macs, Technology, Updates

How to recognise properly-notarized apps with Taccy 1.3

How can you tell whether a notarized app has been hardened, which Apple claims makes it more secure?

September 9, 2019 Macs, Technology, Updates

How to tell if an app will run in Catalina

App compatibility with Catalina is different: although some may be slightly incompatible, many apps simply don’t run at all. How can you tell which are OK?

September 6, 2019 Macs, Technology

Taccy version 1.2 now deciphers new privacy settings for Catalina

Do you want to see exactly what protected resources an app can try to access? Or check that your own app is correctly configured?

August 8, 2019 Macs, Technology

Taccy 1.1 fixes a crashing bug and adds several new features

An unexpected behaviour in the codesign command could cause the app to crash when examining certain app. Now fixed, plus several new features.

July 29, 2019 Macs, Technology

Can you tell whether code has been notarized?

Notarization is already required for some kernel extensions and apps, even in 10.14.5. So how do you tell whether an app or code bundle is notarized?

May 31, 2019 Macs, Technology

Taccy release 1.0: Unscramble privacy protection problems

Checks the entitlements and settings of apps for accessing private data in Mojave, with a custom log browser to help diagnose problems.

May 28, 2019 Macs, Technology

Taccy Support

This page is for your support questions and comments on my free utility Taccy, for investigating problems with […]

May 27, 2019 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Unglamorous utilities

They’re hidden away and never promoted at WWDC, but vitally important to every Mac user. Could you imagine not having Disk Utility, for example?

May 26, 2019 Macs, Technology

What to do when your log returns an error

It’s quite rare, but sometimes trying to access your Mac’s log, directly or in an app like T2M2, returns an error. Here’s what to do.

April 11, 2019 Macs, Technology

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