A Comprehensive Definition of macOS Security Terms
June 23, 2021APFS (Apple File System): A filesystem developed by Apple that uses “Containers” and “Volumes” and “Groups”, though no one knows the difference between them. The …
Empty Loops in Bash
June 16, 2021One of the very common things I do in bash/sh is look over item in a folder. However, bash and sh behavior when the directory …
M1 Recovery Requires Mouse or Trackpad
May 13, 2021When testing with the M1 Mac mini, I booted into M1 recovery by holding down the power button (Apple refers to this as 1TR, or …
MDS 4 Preview: Auto Advance in Big Sur
March 28, 2021Auto Advance in Big Sur brings functionality to Deployment Enrollment and MDM that has been missing: Zero-touch setup. Prior to Auto Advance, a Mac that …
Using Signing Manager with Macs on AWS EC2
December 15, 2020Signing Manager for macOS provides an ideal system for securing the code and package signing identities. Implement secure access to the identities with API keys, …
MDS, Big Sur, and Apple Silicon Challenges
November 30, 2020Apple simultaneously released new Mac hardware, a new OS (Big Sur), and transitioned to a new processor (Apple Silicon) on a single day. We have …
Curtain Mode
October 23, 2020I had feature request for our Secure Remote Access solution to lock a Mac locally while doing a screen sharing session to it. Apple Remote …
Booting to macOS Recovery and Diagnostics Mode
January 27, 2020All Macs now come with a Recovery partition to reinstall macOS and do some common maintenance. In order to restart into recovery, there are a …
Mac Pro 2019
December 27, 2019We got a Mac Pro (2019) for testing software compatibility with Winclone and MDS. Both softwares depend on Mac hardware, so validating those apps on …