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Bob Gendler

Auditd: the logs we need, not the logs we deserve

The newest OS upgrade for macOS has been released in a public beta, macOS Sonoma.But there’s a change that could cause huge audit log…

9 min readJul 25, 2023

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Auditd: the logs we need, not the logs we deserve

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Bob Gendler

Compliance Requirements Seminar

I recently got the chance to present for a 2 session series for Jamf on a project near and dear to me, the macOS Security Compliance…

1 min readDec 8, 2021

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Compliance Requirements Seminar

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Bob Gendler

Config Profile and manage ALL the things…just about

You can manage so many more settings than Apple documents.

6 min readJun 2, 2021

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Bob Gendler

Private Data in Unified Logging 10.15

Revealing the secrets behind <private> in Unified Logging on macOS

2 min readFeb 10, 2020

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Private Data in Unified Logging 10.15

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Bob Gendler

Apple Mail Encryption bug fixed.

10.15.3 update no longer stores encrypted emails, unencrypted!

3 min readFeb 4, 2020

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Apple Mail Encryption bug fixed.

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Bob Gendler

Apple Mail Stores Encrypted Emails in Plain Text Database, fix included!

I was investigating how macOS information to you, the user. This led me to discover encrypted emails stored in plain text.

9 min readNov 6, 2019

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Apple Mail Stores Encrypted Emails in Plain Text Database, fix included!

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Feedback to the Feedbacks!

I’m not exactly sure when Apple started doing this with Feedback tickets submitted. There may be some quietfeedback to your feedback ticket

2 min readOct 24, 2019

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Feedback to the Feedbacks!

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Bob Gendler

System Integrity Protection Goodies

Real easter eggs are long gone from the macOS. But here’s some interesting goodies I found while poking around in /System/Library/Sandbox…

5 min readOct 21, 2019

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System Integrity Protection Goodies

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Bob Gendler

Bob Gendler

IT Specialist in the Apple world. Jamf guru, wizard of Mac Management, and mastermind of Apple trivia. The views are my own and not the views of my employer.

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