What are uarpassetmanagerd, uarpd, and uarphidd?
If you see UARP processes running on your Mac, here is what these accessory firmware update processes do.
Mac
2020
123 posts
Monthly update #0362 • June 2020
Monthly update 362 • June 2020 • 2020-06-01 - 2020-06-30
Monthly Updates
Lights and Shadows
It’s hard to describe how paramount light is. Ultimately, it is the only thing we see. But just as important the presence of light is, so is its absence.
Gems
Privacy Roundup #0167 • June 2020
George Floyd protests pushed surveillance into the spotlight, as face recognition firms retreated, police data spilled online, and lawmakers reached again for encryption.
Privacy
Truth of Touch by Yanni
Yanni's 2011 release, a set of melodic instrumental pieces. It came to me long after release and earned its place.
Music
Eurobloat #0121 • May 2020
The month the EU discovered the magic money tree, decided it answers to nobody, and celebrated seventy years of itself while the lockdown raged on.
Eurobloat
What is audiomxd?
If you see audiomxd running on your Mac, here is what this audio mixing process does.
Mac
The Gulag Archipelago [Volume 1] by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's The Gulag Archipelago [Volume 1] exposes the Soviet Union's vast prison camp system through a blend of personal stories, historical facts, and sharp analysis.
Books
Monthly update #0361 • May 2020
Monthly update 361 • May 2020 • 2020-05-01 - 2020-05-31
Monthly Updates
Privacy Roundup #0166 • May 2020
A pandemic month in which contact tracing technology, mass data breaches and a Senate surveillance vote all tested the limits of personal privacy.
Privacy
What is syspolicyd?
If you see syspolicyd running on your Mac, here is what this Gatekeeper and system policy process does.
Mac
Pentecost
Three decades after my first memories Pentecost still inspires. The Holy Spirit came down and that fact changes history.
Christianity
Introducing Swift AWS Lambda Runtime
The Swift AWS Lambda Runtime is a new open-source Swift package that simplifies building server-less functions for AWS Lambda, enabling Swift developers to create scalable, cost-effective cloud solutions with low memory use and fast startup.
Development
Eurobloat #0120 • April 2020
The month Brussels punished three nations for refusing migrant quotas, invented a hundred-billion-euro loan scheme, apologised to Italy for being useless, and softened a China report at China's request.
Eurobloat
BrandBook
BrandBook makes connecting your employees with your brand identity as easy as clicking a button. By keeping everything about your brand in one place, you can empower your team to use it the right way.
Projects
Ascension Day
Three decades after my first memories Ascension Day still inspires. Jesus ascended to heaven.
Christianity
I Will Praise You by Rebecca St. James
Rebecca St. James's 2011 release, melodic songs with a strong hook. I reached it late and it has stayed with me.
Music
What is accessoryupdaterd?
If you see accessoryupdaterd running on your Mac, here is what this accessory firmware update process does.
Mac
Homeland
Homeland is an American spy thriller series. It aired on Showtime from 2 October 2011 to 26 April 2020. Howard Gordon and Alex Gansa created it. The show bases loosely on the Israeli series Prisoners of War. Claire Danes plays Carrie Mathison, a CIA officer with bipolar disorder.
TV Series
Privacy Roundup #0165 • April 2020
April 2020 was dominated by Zoom's security reckoning and a global rush to build coronavirus contact tracing, as breaches and state surveillance tested privacy under lockdown.
Privacy
12 Rules for Life by Jordan B. Peterson
Jordan B. Peterson's 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos gives clear advice on how to live better. He draws from psychology, old stories, religion, and his own life.
Books
Additional Linux Distributions
The Swift project now officially supports Ubuntu 20.04, CentOS 8, and Amazon Linux 2, alongside Ubuntu 16.04 and 18.04, with downloadable toolchains and Docker images available on Swift.org.
Development
Monthly update #0360 • April 2020
Monthly update 360 • April 2020 • 2020-04-01 - 2020-04-30
Monthly Updates
Graves Into Gardens by Elevation Worship
Elevation Worship's 2020 live album turns loss into hope, anchored by its title song and the wide-open Blessing.
Music
SecKey moving to Universal Purchases
SecKey moving to Universal Purchases
Projects