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/usr/bin/sandbox-exec is still on macOS Monterey. It's not pretty, but you should still be able to roll your own sandbox rules and run any arbitrary app with it: https://mybyways.c…

I’m not surprised that if you use accessories that aren’t vetted to work with a particular system, that the system may get damaged over time in a way that isn’t an intentional “sel…

If there were multiple stores, chances are that the app developer would choose the least restrictive App Store. So maybe Apple’s App Store rejects an app because it’s doing somethi…

Macs from model year 2006-2015 expose both S/PDIF digital audio and regular analog audio on the same single 3.5mm audio port. Newer Macs (model year 2016 and up) only have analog a…

For what it's worth, when the original Rosetta (PowerPC to Intel) was released, it wasn't faster to run emulated/translated PowerPC apps on the first generation Intel Mac, but a fe…

If you want to know how it works, you can find the API spec here: Privacy-Preserving Contact Tracing https://www.apple.com/covid19/contacttracing/

Yes, but would a typical user know or care if the app they downloaded from a web site was sandboxed and would otherwise have been approved by the App Store if it was submitted ther…

Another way to look at it is that Apple is making it harder to run the system in an insecure fashion. You may not agree with that decision, but I certainly appreciate how Apple is …

If you read the Apple support page linked from that article, Apple doesn’t claim that you’ll lose internet access without reliable GPS. The article author seems confused.