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		duxup on July 19, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Microsoft has serious questions to answer after th... Does Apple have a better method for preventing something like that? I love my Mac, but I've had crashes that I suspect were caused by an application.

jnwatson on July 19, 2024 | [–]

They have sunset third party kext files. That means if the kern crashes, it is Apple's fault.

I once did a little MacOS driver development and had a kext signing key. It was an unforgiving, poorly-documented environment. Good riddance.

rawgabbit on July 19, 2024 | | [–]

https://support.apple.com/guide/security/operating-system-in...

duxup on July 19, 2024 | | [–]

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