Get root on macOS 13.0.1 with CVE-2022-46689 (macOS equivalent of the Dirty Cow bug), using the testcase extracted from Apple’s XNU source. Usage On a macOS 13.0.1 / 12.6.1 (or below) machine, clone the extracted test case: git clone https://github.com/zhuowei/MacDirtyCowDemo … Read more
A curated list of shell commands and tools specific to macOS. “You don’t have to know everything. You simply need to know where to find it when necessary.” (John Brunner) If you want to contribute, you are highly encouraged to … Read more
October 24, 2022 UPDATE macOS Ventura is now available macOS Ventura takes the Mac experience to a whole new level with groundbreaking capabilities that help users achieve more than ever. New features like Continuity Camera enable users to seamlessly work across … Read more
Since I’m a very “optimizer and minimalist user” I check for the waste of space in my tiny SSD. For three reasons: Apple’s storage prices are terribly high, the fuller a SSD is, the less it will last, why keep … Read more
In today’s connected world, it is rare to find an application or piece of malware that doesn’t talk to a remote server. LuLu is the free, open-source, firewall for Macs, that can protect your network connections and detect malicious activity. … Read more
In episode 379 of ATP both Marco Arment and John Siracusa described noticeable delays and stalls after upgrading to macOS 10.15. I have been struggling with this issue myself and have found several system operations that can cause these delays, … Read more
GitHub – macbian-linux/macos-subsystem-for-linux: Guide on how to use Qemu to create a similar effect to Windows Subsystem for Linux on macOS. Unfinished; contributions are welcome! {{ message }} This commit does not belong to any branch on this repository, and … Read more
25th October 2020 It isn’t widely advertised, but macOS ships with a standalone sandboxing utility out of the box: sandbox-exec. While the very short manpage says the utility has been marked deprecated, and for quite a few major releases now, … Read more
read Here are 4 tricks that I’ve found to make my life easier and make communicate better with my co-workers. How do you keep your desktop from being overrun with screenshots? The macOS default is to just dump the images … Read more
Hog Bay Software – Bike: Tool for thought “We were promised bicycles for the mind, but we got aircraft carriers instead” – Jonathan Edwards Bike is a macOS native outliner. Bike has good performance on big outlines. Bike uses open … Read more