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Building and notarizing command tools as Universal binaries

Stepping through building it correctly in Xcode, turning it into an Installer package getting it notarized and the ticket stapled to the tool.

August 27, 2020 Macs, Technology

Apple Silicon Macs will require signed code

Coming now to Apple Silicon Macs: all ARM-native executable code is required to be signed. Full details of this important change.

August 22, 2020 Macs, Technology

Recover a broken document using versions, and clean versions up

Pages refuses to open the document. So how can you gain access to its previous versions?

August 18, 2020 Macs, Technology

macOS version numbering isn’t so simple

If you’re running an interpreted/JIT language, Big Sur could return that it’s either 10.16 or 11.0, depending on the version of the environment.

August 13, 2020 Macs, Technology

Big Sur is both 10.16 and 11.0 – it’s official

macOS 11.0 will identify itself differently according to the SDK used, and an environment variable does the same for scripts.

July 21, 2020 Macs, Technology

Why Big Sur won’t stumble over version numbers

How does Big Sur convince older software that it’s macOS 10.16, but to newly-built app it’s macOS 11.0?

July 6, 2020 Macs, Technology

Taccy and ArchiChect now detect apps built for macOS 11.0 Big Sur

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Both apps now detect and report apps which have been built using the 11.0 SDK, and ArchiChect reports non-Intel architectures too.

June 23, 2020 Macs, Technology, Updates

What would an ARM-based Mac mean to us?

Will they be locked down completely, or run iPadOS? How could they run existing Mac apps? Some potential answers.

June 12, 2020 Macs, Technology

Apple is working on a developer cloud

In a public recruitment advert, Apple has effectively announced that it’s developing new cloud-based services for third-party developers. […]

February 24, 2020 Macs, Technology

Apple’s Notary Service can’t compete with a supermarket restroom

Even basic store facilities like restrooms contact details of who to contact when there’s a problem. Not so with Apple’s Notary Service. It just gives you spurious errors instead.

November 5, 2019 Macs, Technology

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