macOS

macOS: FileVault Disk Encryption (some clarification)

Friday, January 30, 2026

Recently news broke that Microsoft handed over Bitlocker recovery keys to the FBI. Microsoft was able to hand over the keys because Windows 11 by default uploads the Bitlocker recovery key to a Microsoft account. On Windows 11 Home it is also the only option for saving that Bitlocker recovery key. On macOS, Apple prompts you to enable FileVault disk encryption during Apple Setup Assistant and asks whether you would like Apple to keep a copy of the recovery key or whether you want to store it yourself.

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macOS: Universal Clipboard stopped working between Mac and other devices: How to fix!

Sunday, May 18, 2025

Today is a short one. If your Mac and iPhone are no longer sharing their clipboard contents, preventing you from copying and pasting the contents of your Mac onto your iPhone or vice versa, this Terminal command will fix the problem. Open Terminal, run this command. It should be immediately fixed: defaults write ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.coreservices.useractivityd.plist ClipboardSharingEnabled 1 This will update the value of the ClipboardSharingEnabled key from 0 to 1. 0 = Not Enabled 1 = Enabled

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Intune + macOS: Enforcing software updates by a specific time using DDM

Tuesday, April 8, 2025

Intune has offered software update management for macOS 14 and newer via declarative device management (DDM) for some time now. However, until recently, the administrator had to update the OS Version String of an existing policy or create a new policy every time Apple released a new software update. This was impractical. Microsoft has heard this feedback and has added a new DDM setting that allows an administrator to take a set and forget approach to software update management for Mac devices.

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