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Mothers Ruin Software: macOS uses many different binary file formats.Some — like binary property lists — have broad tool support and are relatively easy to inspect…Some — like X.509 certificates, configuration and provisioning profiles or App Store receipts — use standard formats, but lack macOS-native inspection tools, or only have command-line tools that can be […]

Apple (MacRumors, 2, Hacker News): Jeff Williams will transition his role as chief operating officer later this month to Sabih Khan, Apple’s senior vice president of Operations, as part of a long-planned succession. Williams will continue reporting to Apple CEO Tim Cook and overseeing Apple’s world-class design team and Apple Watch alongside the company’s Health […]

When I went to download the new Xcode beta, I again ran into an annoying Safari behavior, which seems to be specific to Apple’s sites. It pops up an Apple Account sheet offering to sign me in. But it can only sign in with my personal Apple ID, not my developer one. I have to […]

Apple: Xcode 26 beta 3 includes SDKs for iOS 26, iPadOS 26, tvOS 26, watchOS 26, macOS Tahoe 26, and visionOS 26. This is the only change that’s noted as being in beta 3. Why can’t Apple write release notes that tell us what’s actually new in this build? Ryan Ashcraft: The Beta 3 SDK […]