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macOSDeep Dive August 26, 2026 5 min read

DriverKit on macOS: Hardware Drivers That Run in User Space

How DriverKit packages, matches, activates, entitles, and isolates user-space driver extensions while preserving controlled access to macOS hardware.

#macos#driverkit#drivers

macOSDeep Dive July 11, 2026 7 min read

From Kernel Extensions to System Extensions: Why Apple Moved Drivers Out of the Kernel

Apple's multi-year push to deprecate kernel extensions for user-space System Extensions and DriverKit, and what changes when a driver runs outside the kernel.

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