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Mojave .2 (2)

A look at the third release of macOS 10.14.


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Private Frameworks

The following frameworks in /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks were modified by the 10.14.2 update.

AccessibilityBundles, AccessibilityPerformance, AccessibilityPlatformTranslation, AccessibilitySharedSupport, AccessibilitySupport, AccessoryNowPlaying, AccountPolicy, AccountsDaemon, AccountsUI, ACDEClient, acfs, AdAnalytics, AdCore, AddressBookAutocomplete, AddressBookCore, AdID, Admin, AdPlatforms, AdPlatformsInternal, AggregateDictionary, AggregateDictionaryHistory, AirPlayReceiver, AirPlaySender, AirPlaySupport, AmbientDisplay, AnnotationKit, AOSAccounts, AOSAccountsLite, AOSKit, AOSMigrate, AOSUI, APFS, AppContainer, Apple80211, AppleAccount, AppleAppSupport, AppleFSCompression, AppleGVA, AppleGVACore, AppleIDAuthSupport, AppleIDSSOAuthentication, AppleJPEG, AppleLDAP, AppleMediaServices, ApplePushService, AppleSauce, AppleScript, AppleShareClientCore, AppleSRP, AppleSystemInfo, AppleVA, AppleVPA, AppSandbox, AppStoreDaemon, AppStoreUI, AppSupportUI, APTransport, AskPermission, AssertionServices, AssetCacheServices, AssetCacheServicesExtensions, AssistantServices, AssistiveControlSupport, AudioPasscode, AudioServerApplication, AudioServerDriver, AuthKit, AuthKitUI, AutoBugCaptureCore, AutoLoop, AVConference, AVFoundationCF, AXCoreUtilities, AXHearingSupport, AXMediaUtilities, BackBoardServices, BackgroundTaskManagement, Backup, BaseBoard, BatteryUIKit, BezelServices, BioKitAggD, BiometricKit, BiometricKitUI, BiometricSupport, BluetoothAudio, BluetoothManager, Bom, BookKit, BookmarkDAV, BridgeOSInstall, BridgeOSInstallReporting, BridgeOSSoftwareUpdate, BridgeXPC, BroadcomWLAN, BulkSymbolication, ByteRangeLocking, C2, CacheDelete, Calculate, CalDAV, CalendarAgent, CalendarAgentLink, CalendarDraw, CalendarFoundation, CalendarNotification, CalendarPersistence, CalendarUI, CalendarUIKit, CallHistory, CallKit, CaptiveNetwork, Catalyst, Categories, CharacterPicker, ChunkingLibrary, ClassroomKit, ClockMenuExtraPreferences, CloudDocs, CloudDocsDaemon, CloudFamilyRestrictions, CloudKitDaemon, CloudPhotoLibrary, CloudPhotoServices, CloudServices, CommerceKit, CommonAuth, CommonCandidateWindow, CommonUtilities, CommunicationsFilter, ConditionInducer, ConfigProfileHelper, ConfigurationEngineModel, ConfigurationProfiles, ConsoleKit, ContactsAgent, ContactsAssistantServices, ContactsAutocomplete, ContactsAutocompleteUI, ContactsDonation, ContactsDonationFeedback, ContactsFoundation, ContactsPersistence, ContactsUICore, ContextKit, ConversationKit, CoreAccessories, CoreADI, CoreAnalytics, CoreAppleCVA, CoreAUC, CoreAVCHD, CoreBrightness, CoreCapture, CoreCaptureControl, CoreCaptureDaemon, CoreCDP, CoreCDPUI, CoreChineseEngine, CoreDaemon, CoreDAV, CoreDuet, CoreDuetContext, CoreDuetDaemonProtocol, CoreDuetDataModel, CoreDuetDebugLogging, CoreDuetStatistics, CoreEmoji, CoreFollowUp, CoreFollowUpUI, CoreFP, CoreHandwriting, CoreHAP, CoreKE, CoreKnowledge, CoreLocationProtobuf, CoreLSKD, CoreLSKDMSE, CoreMediaAuthoring, CoreMediaIOServicesPrivate, CoreMediaPrivate, CoreMediaStream, CoreNameParser, CoreNavigation, CoreNLP, CoreOptimization, CoreParsec, CorePDF, CorePhoneNumbers, CorePrediction, CoreRAID, CoreRecents, CoreRecognition, CoreRoutine, CoreSDB, CoreServicesInternal, CoreSpeech, CoreSuggestions, CoreSuggestionsInternals, CoreSuggestionsUI, CoreSymbolication, CoreThemeDefinition, CoreTime, CoreUI, CoreUtils, CoreWiFi, CoreWLANKit, CPMLBestShim, CrashReporterSupport, CreateML, CSCSupport, CVML, DAAPKit, DashboardClient, DataDetectors, DataDetectorsCore, DataDetectorsNaturalLanguage, DCERPC, DebugSymbols, DesktopServicesPriv, DeviceIdentity, DeviceLink, DeviceManagement, DeviceToDeviceManager, DFRBrightness, DFRDisplay, DFRFoundation, DiagnosticExtensions, DiagnosticLogCollection, DifferentialPrivacy, DigitalTouchShared, DirectoryEditor, DirectoryServer, DiskImages, DiskManagement, DisplayServices, DistributedEvaluation, DrawingKit, DSExternalDisplay, DTXConnectionServices, DuetActivityScheduler, DuetRecommendation, DVD, DynamicDesktop, EAFirmwareUpdater, EAP8021X, EasyConfig, EFILogin, Email, EmailAddressing, EmailCore, EmbeddedAcousticRecognition, EmbeddedOSInstall, EmbeddedOSSupportHost, EmojiFoundation, Engram, Espresso, ExchangeWebServices, FaceCore, FamilyCircle, FamilyControls, FamilyNotification, FileProvider, FinderKit, FindMyDevice, FindMyMac, FlightUtilities, FMClient, FMCore, FMCoreLite, FMCoreUI, FMF, FMFUI, FolderActionsKit, FontServices, FoundInAppsPlugins, FrontBoardServices, FTAWD, FTClientServices, FTServices, Futhark, FWAVC, FWAVCPrivate, GameCenter, GameCenterFoundation, GameCenterPrivateUIMac, GameCenterUI, GameKitServices, GenerationalStorage, GeoKit, GeoServices, GPUCompiler, GPUInfo, GPUSupport, GPUWrangler, GraphicsAppSupport, GraphicsServices, GraphKit, GraphVisualizer, HDAInterface, HDRProcessing, HearingCore, HearingUtilities, Heimdal, HeimODAdmin, HelpData, HMFoundation, HomeKit, HomeKitDaemon, HTTPServer, iAdCore, iAdServices, IAP, IASUtilities, iCalendar, IconServices, IdentityLookup, IDS, IDSFoundation, IDSHashPersistence, IDSKVStore, IDSSystemPreferencesSignIn, iLifeMediaBrowser, IMAP, IMAssistantCore, IMAVCore, IMCore, IMDaemonCore, IMDMessageServices, IMDPersistence, IMFoundation, IMSharedUI, IMSharedUtilities, IMTranscoderAgent, IMTranscoding, IMTransferAgent, IMTransferServices, IncomingCallFilter, InputContext, Install, InstallerDiagnostics, IntentsCore, IntentsFoundation, International, InternationalSupport, InternationalTextSearch, InternetAccounts, IntlPreferences, IOAccelerator, IOAccelMemoryInfo, IOImageLoader, IOImageLoaderDaemon, IOPlatformPluginFamily, IOPresentment, iPod, iPodSync, iPodUpdater, IPTelephony, ISSupport, iWorkXPC, JavaApplicationLauncher, JavaLaunching, JavaScriptAppleEvents, JavaScriptOSA, Jet, KerberosHelper, KeyboardServices, KeychainCircle, KnowledgeMonitor, kperf, kperfdata, ktrace, LanguageModeling, Lexicon, LibraryRepair, LimitAdTracking, LinguisticData, LinkPresentation, LocalAuthenticationRecoveryUI, LocalAuthenticationUI, LoggingSupport, login, LoginUIKit, Lookup, MachineSettings, Mail, MailCore, MailService, MailSupport, MailUI, ManagedClient, Mangrove, MapsSupport, Marco, MarkupUI, MDSChannel, MediaControlSender, MediaKit, MediaRemote, MediaServices, MessageProtection, MessageSecurity, MessagesHelperKit, MessagesKit, MetadataUtilities, MetalTools, MFAAuthentication, MFiAuthentication, MMCS, MMCSServices, MobileAccessoryUpdater, MobileActivationMacOS, MobileAsset, MobileAssetUpdater, MobileBluetooth, MobileDevice, MobileKeyBag, MonitorPanel, Montreal, MTLCompiler, MultitouchSupport, MultiverseSupport, Navigation, NearField, NetAppsUtilities, NetAuth, NetFSServer, Netrb, NetworkMenusCommon, NetworkServiceProxy, NetworkStatistics, NeutrinoCore, NeutrinoKit, NLP, Notes, NotesShared, NotesUI, Noticeboard, NotificationCenterUI, nt, NyxAudioAnalysis, OAuth, OfficeImport, OnBoardingKit, oncrpc, OpenDirectoryConfig, OpenDirectoryConfigUI, OSAnalytics, OSASyncProxyClient, OSD, OSInstaller, OSPersonalization, OTSVG, PackageKit, PacketFilter, ParsecModel, ParsecSubscriptionServiceSupport, ParsecUI, PASampling, PassKit, PassKitCore, PassKitUI, PassKitUIFoundation, PasswordServer, PencilKit, perfdata, PerformanceAnalysis, PersistentConnection, PersonaKit, PersonalizationPortrait, PersonalizationPortraitInternals, PersonaUI, PhoneNumbers, PhotoAnalysis, PhotoFoundation, PhotoImaging, PhotoLibrary, PhotoLibraryPrivate, PhotosFormats, PhotosImagingFoundation, PhotosPlayer, PhotosUICore, PhotoVision, PhysicsKit, PIP, PlacesKit, PLShutdown, PlugInKit, PodcastProducerCore, PodcastProducerKit, PowerLog, PowerlogControl, PowerlogCore, PowerlogDatabaseReader, PowerlogLiteOperators, PPTopicExtractionPlugin, PreferencePanesSupport, PrintingPrivate, ProactiveEventTracker, ProactiveML, ProactiveSupport, ProactiveSupportStubs, ProofReader, ProtectedCloudStorage, ProtocolBuffer, PSNormalizer, PubSub, QLCharts, Quagga, QuickLookNonBaseSystem, QuickLookThumbnailing, Rapport, RapportUI, RemoteManagement, RemoteServiceDiscovery, RemoteTextInput, RemoteViewServices, RemoteXPC, ResponseKit, Restore, Reveal, RevealCore, ROCKit, RTCReporting, RTTUI, RTTUtilities, Safari, SafariCore, SafariFoundation, SafariSafeBrowsing, SafariShared, SafeEjectGPU, SampleAnalysis, SAObjects, SCEP, ScreenReader, ScreenReaderCore, ScreenSharing, SDAPI, SearchFoundation, SecCodeWrapper, SecurityTokend, Seeding, SemanticDocumentManagement, Sentry, ServerAccounts, ServerCompatibility, ServerFoundation, ServerInformation, SetupAssistantFramework, SetupAssistantSupport, SharedWebCredentials, ShareKit, SharePointManagement, Sharing, Shortcut, SidecarCore, SidecarUI, SignpostCollection, SignpostNotification, SignpostSupport, SiriClientFlow, SiriCore, SiriFoundation, SiriTasks, SiriTTS, SiriUI, SIUFoundation, SkyLight, Slideshows, SMBClient, SocialAppsCore, SocialUI, SoftwareUpdate, SpanMatcher, Speech, SpeechDictionary, SpeechObjects, SpeechRecognitionCommandServices, SpeechRecognitionCore, Spotlight, SpotlightDaemon, SpotlightIndex, SpotlightReceiver, SpotlightServerKit, SpotlightServices, SPSupport, StatsKit, StorageKit, StorageManagement, StoreFoundation, StoreServices, StoreUI, StreamingZip, Suggestions, SuggestionsSpotlightMetrics, Symbolication, SymptomDiagnosticReporter, SymptomReporter, Symptoms, SyncedDefaults, SystemAdministration, SystemAdministrationInterface, SystemMigration, SystemMigrationNetworking, SystemMigrationUtils, SystemPolicy, SystemUIPlugin, TCC, TelephonyUtilities, TextInput, TextInputCore, TextToSpeech, TextureIO, TimeMachine, TimeSync, ToneKit, ToneLibrary, Tourist, TransparencyDetailsViewMac, TrustEvaluationAgent, TTYUtilities, TuriCore, UAUPlugin, UIFoundation, UIKitHostAppProtocols, UIKitSystemAppServices, UIRecording, Uninstall, UniversalAccess, URLFormatting, UsageTracking, UserActivity, UserManagement, vCard, VCXMPP, VectorKit, ViewBridge, VisualPairing, vmutils, VoiceServices, VoiceTrigger, WatchdogService, WeatherFoundation, WeatherKit, WebContentAnalysis, WebDriver, WebFilterDNS, WebInspector, WebInspectorUI, WhitePages, WiFiCloudSyncEngine, WiFiVelocity, WirelessCoexManager, WirelessDiagnostics, WirelessProximity, XARTRecovery, XCTAutomationSupport, XCTTargetBootstrap, XPCService, XQuery, yara.

A full listing of the 60,000+ files affected is beyond the scope of a brief presentation. But for a company without an ostensible dedicated macOS team, the 10.14.2 update hints at a lot of work. Perhaps a great number of the above 662 private frameworks, for example, actually originated on iOS? Whatever: they've certainly been working hard at Apple.

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