In the two years since we’ve been waiting for Apple to provide an option to opt out of online certificate and notarization checks, Apple has added two enhanced security modes, but not addressed the original issue.
Ventura
launchd, LaunchServices, RunningBoard, TCC, CFPrefsd, and other macOS services that manage and control your apps.
If Ventura checks the security of apps more thoroughly, how does it go about that? Gatekeeper explored, from XProtect to OCSP checks.
Are additional Gatekeeper checks in Ventura effective, and worth the effort? Surely malware can bypass them easily.
macOS has changed fundamentally. So has troubleshooting it. Secure Boot, the SSV, and Gatekeeper checks bring changes in strategy.
Apple has just released an update to XProtect Remediator security software for Macs running Catalina or later, bringing […]
Detailed account from the decision to start making an automatic backup to its final reporting and completion, for Ventura 13.2.1 to local storage.
Run Catalina or later and there are two XProtects in the CoreServices folder. But they’re completely different, as this explains.
Apple has just pushed a surprise update to XProtect (not Remediator) security software, bringing it to version 2166. […]
What happens when you connect two fast SSDs to your Mac and they both write or read at the same time? How do they perform when connected through a hub? And how does it pay to be a winner?
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