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    July 22, 2018

    macOS Super low kernel_task memory usage on Mojave beta 4 - 47.3 MB

    Super low kernel_task memory usage on Mojave beta 4 - 47.3 MB

    Posted: 21 Jul 2018 10:15 AM PDT

    How can I limit safari activity for a managed user account ?

    Posted: 22 Jul 2018 02:19 AM PDT

    I have tried to implement some security for the local environment on my Mac, but its failing.

    I created a managed account with parental control to hopefully prevent user from certain activity. I have disabled access to System Preferences and some other apps.

     

    But as the managed user, I can still modify security options in Safari > Preferencesand I can download files / data from Safari without restriction.

    I would like to restrict user from doing downloads from Safari and modifying anything in Safari > Preferences

     

    ANOTHER ISSUE:

    I also have "TextEdit.app" as one of the allowed programs for the managed user but I when open the app it doesn't let me.

    submitted by /u/horrofan
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    MacOS and the lack of user friendly utilities

    Posted: 22 Jul 2018 01:51 AM PDT

    Hi all,

    I was a linux user 10 years ago, went back to windows for corporate (and gaming) reasons, and 4 years ago switched to MacOS. I have a question which has been tormenting me for ages : Why doesn't Apple include a complete and clean uninstaller feature ?

    The official suggested procedure Apple provides is : drag-and-drop the .app file to the trash. And voilà. OK so it's simple and easy. I get the UX friendliness and all ; although it is not immune to the user accidentally moving the app to another folder / desktop instead of into the trash...

    In case the removal of a piece of software originates in it not working properly, simply discarding the .app file isn't enough, and the user has to actually clean the system of its left-overs, and to do so, it goes from Apple's over simplification mindset to a complete void of "gfu good luck you're on your own" : the user has to go through a tideous web search (usually landing in a shady FAQ / tech savvy support board) and usually ends up having to either browse the innards of the OS's file tree to access hidden stuff such as ~/Library or even /Library, or worse, fire up the terminal and copy-paste abstruse shell commands. In any case, far from fool-proof (and blindly following instruction will not render a tech illeterate end user magically knowledgable)

    Basically, the targeted Apple customer is left with a cosmetically fine but under the hood growing mess.

    On the other hand, the power user knows :

    • Third party apps like AppCleaner clearly point out there is a lot of rubbish left lying around, cluttering up the system over time
    • Some apps are aloud an alternative installation (presumably because they need to plug in specific components outside of their .app file in specific parts of the system / user space) through the .pkg installation paradigm (usually asking for admin privileges) need to provide a separate installer, and at no point does the OS check if any of this could mess the system. Yet again, a third party utility such as "Suspicious Package" helps to audit the sanity of a pkg installer prior to proceeding. So much for being user friendly, Apple.

    Isn't providing a complete, coherent and clean way to install / uninstall software supposed to be one of the most basics features the OS is meant to provide ? (way more important than hard-bundling additional feature apps such as itunes, siri, ...) ?

    Seems to me, when your are using MacOS, Apple either assumes your to be completely stupid (and so you are to fit the iron rail tracks of the "Apple way" and shut up)... or be a unix expert (at least you still have that alternative, iOS doesn't). The whole grey zone in between, in which fall maintenance and issue solving issues while staying user friendly, is a complete void, and left to odd third party tools, when they exist, sometimes non-free (and rightly so), of course non-sanctioned by Apple, and without any guarantee they'll still be around and updated.

    I'm thinking for instance of :

    • Onyx
    • LaunchControl
    • AppCleaner
    • MacUpdater
    • Suspicious Package
    • OSX Fuse and Tuxera NTFS
    • The Unarchiver

    Thank god all theses utilities are clean. But what does it say about security integrity if features which are supposed to be CORE to the OS are in fact delegated to third party programs ?

    All other modern OS's have a set of tools, why doesn't MacOS too? Is it Apple being crazy lazy or have I been missing out something? I just don't get it.

    submitted by /u/Sashimimi
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    Macbook Pro late 2011 Graphics Fail

    Posted: 21 Jul 2018 09:35 PM PDT

    My Macbook Pro Late 2011 kept restarting and wouldn't boot up. Took it to the Apple store and the guy ran a graphics test. He said it failed almost immediately and said my options were limited. Apple no longer fixes these. I asked about fixing it my self and he said it was a very challenging, intricate process with soldering etc. He showed me how to use the Firewire cable to get my stuff off of there. I'm glad it was all still intact.

    Just wondering if anybody has any other workarounds. Like would installing an SSD help fix this? Could I use some sort of external graphics processor or an external display?

    The Macbook already had the graphics problem fixed a few years ago from the recall.

    submitted by /u/matthewsjim
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