7 posts tagged ‘macOS 12 Monterey’
MIST (macOS Installer Super Tool)
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Ric Ford: MIST – macOS Installer Super Tool – is a remarkable Mac app from Nindi Gill that greatly simplifies the processes of downloading macOS and firmware versions that Apple itself complicates and makes difficult (especially with older releases). See also: SUS Inspector. Previously: Apple Manuals, Specs, and Downloads How to Reinstall Safari for Mac […]
M4 Macs Can’t Virtualize Older macOS
Howard Oakley: Running a macOS VM for any version before 13.4 Ventura on an M4 Mac results in a black screen, and the VM fails to boot. This is true whatever settings are used in the virtualiser, even if it’s set to boot the VM in Recovery mode. It’s also true when that VM has […]
TCC and Gatekeeper Bypasses
Wojciech Reguła (September 2021, tweet): I was looking for code injection opportunities that may allow reaching TCC bypasses. My simple shell script discovered a potential victim - /System/Library/CoreServices/Applications/Directory Utility.app. It had (and has) the following private TCC entitlement[…] This entitlement allows the Directory Utility to modify the user’s records stored in the /var/db/dslocal/nodes directory. […] […]
macOS 13.6.3 and macOS 12.7.2
Apple (full installer): This document describes the security content of macOS Ventura 13.6.3. Apple (full installer): This document describes the security content of macOS Monterey 12.7.2. Previously: macOS 14.2 macOS 13.6.2 macOS 13.6.1 and macOS 12.7.1
macOS 13.6.1 and macOS 12.7.1
Apple (full installer): This document describes the security content of macOS Ventura 13.6.1. Apple (full installer): This document describes the security content of macOS Monterey 12.7.1. Previously: macOS 14.1 macOS 13.6 and macOS 12.7
What Happened to __crashreporter_info__?
Seth Willits (in 2022): The new “ips” crash reports in macOS do not contain assert() information!(Assertion failed: (myVar != nil), function fooBarTest(), file code.m, line 100)Problematic because symbolication is often finicky, so it takes a LOT more work to find which assert() failed.[…]I don’t know whether it’s the “log” that’s to blame or that the […]
Hacking NSAlert Button Appearance
Daniel Jalkut: Notice how the “Bar” and “Baz” buttons do not have a border or background color, making it difficult to know whether they are even buttons at all. The line between Bar and Baz clunks up the interface even more.[…]This exploded view from the Xcode view debugger shows that the top, default button, is […]