Posts

All the articles I've posted.

• How to Fix LLDB: Couldn't IRGen Expression

  Published: 4 Jun, 2020

  • 10 min read

  Solving the mysterious LLDB 'Couldn't IRGen expression' error by investigating Swift module path serialization and discovering that removing dSYM bundles fixes debugging issues.

• Updating macOS on a Hackintosh

  Published: 1 Jun, 2020

  • 5 min read

  A practical guide to safely updating macOS on a Hackintosh by first updating OpenCore bootloader and essential kexts before upgrading the system.

• InterposeKit — Elegant Swizzling in Swift

  Published: 31 May, 2020

  • 3 min read

  Introducing InterposeKit, a modern Swift library for elegant method swizzling that leverages Swift 5.2's callAsFunction for type-safe Objective-C method interception.

• The Great Mac Catalyst Text Input Crash Hunt

  Published: 29 May, 2020

  • 8 min read

  Deep-dive investigation and fix for a Mac Catalyst text input crash caused by a race condition in Apple's RemoteTextInput framework.

• Jailbreaking for iOS Developers

  Published: 25 May, 2020

  • 8 min read

  A comprehensive guide to iOS jailbreaking for developers, covering legal security research tools, debugging capabilities, and practical applications beyond app piracy.

• Network Kernel Core Dump

  Published: 21 May, 2020

  • 2 min read

  Step-by-step instructions from Apple for capturing macOS kernel core dumps over a network connection between two Macs.

• How to macOS Core Dump

  Published: 21 May, 2020

  • 4 min read

  A technical guide to deciphering Apple's cryptic boot arguments and setting up macOS kernel core dumps to debug persistent kernel panics.

• Kernel Panics and Surprise boot-args

  Published: 20 May, 2020

  • 4 min read

  Investigation into mysterious kernel panics reveals Apple repair centers left my MacBook with undocumented security-weakening boot arguments.

• The LG UltraFine 5K, kernel_task, and Me

  Published: 18 May, 2020

  • 9 min read

  A four-year saga with the problematic LG UltraFine 5K display and the surprising discovery that plugging it into the wrong MacBook side causes performance issues.

• Let's Try This Again

  Published: 14 May, 2020

  • 1 min read

  After five years away from personal blogging, I'm returning to share technical stories that don't fit on Twitter or corporate blogs.