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Protecting folders and volumes is too blunt

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The list of apps in my Files and Folders list grows steadily as they need to access my external SSD. And there’s nothing I can do about that.

January 8, 2020 Macs, Technology

Diagnosing privacy protection problems in Catalina

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Tips to help you investigate and tackle problems arising in Catalina with its new privacy protections, particularly those of folders such as Documents.

January 7, 2020 Macs, Technology

Taccy version 1.7 helps diagnose Catalina privacy problems

Adds kernel messages to the log excerpts, making them more useful in diagnosing privacy problems, and greatly improvements their formatting.

January 7, 2020 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Catalina users caught in a game of chance

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When it comes to basics, we like consistency. Imagine what life would be like if every so often […]

January 5, 2020 Macs, Technology

Catalina’s privacy protection backfires again: why you can’t save a logarchive there

When you can’t save to somewhere else, only to your startup volume, even though you’ve shown user intent. Privacy through perversity perhaps?

January 3, 2020 Macs, Technology

Consolation 3 and Ulbow: Saving a logarchive in Catalina

If you use the feature in Consolation 3, or in the next version of Ulbow, to write a […]

January 2, 2020 Macs, Technology

Security data files: how they’ve changed in Catalina

Details of their locations, purposes, and the current installed version. These have changed a great deal since Mojave.

October 17, 2019 Macs, Technology

Security changes coming in Catalina: what’s changed

What to expect from the many changes to security and privacy in the first release of Catalina. How to run non-notarized apps, and more.

October 2, 2019 Macs, Technology

Changing security makes privacy protection confusing

Apple’s recent change in requirements for notarization also affects privacy protection in both Mojave and Catalina.

September 18, 2019 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Informed Security

We see plenty of dialogs seeking consent and informing us about privacy protection. But macOS security seems driven by obscurity and secrecy. Why?

September 15, 2019 Macs, Technology

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