gatekeeper

Downloading a Mac app outside the Mac App Store can be safe, but the deciding factor is not whether the app came through Apple’s storefront. It is whether the download came from the real developer, retains a valid Developer ID signature, passes Apple’s notarization checks, and asks only for...

Apple’s Gatekeeper security system is facing renewed scrutiny after researchers demonstrated a way to replace a previously approved macOS application with a malicious lookalike that may not trigger a fresh Gatekeeper verification. Apple’s response is as significant as the technique itself: the...

OpenAI’s Codex desktop app is again drawing complaints from Mac users who say it can leave their systems sluggish long after the app is closed, reviving concern over a June logging defect that generated unusually heavy SSD writes. Recent reports point to two potentially separate problems...