Reverse Everything

Stories, research, technical notes, software and hardware investigations by Ighor July.

This is part archive, part blog, part technical notebook, and part personal history. Posts can be security research, reverse engineering notes, software behavior studies, product stories, or impressions from using and building tools

Recent Writing

11 min read

My Mac Apps Story, Part 1 - My First Mac and the App I Still Use Today

The first part of my Mac apps story, starting with my 2008 MacBook, my early switch from Windows to Mac OS X, and why I still use coconutBattery today.

macOS
3 min read

Clean Uninstall Dropbox on macOS and Reset File Provider

How I traced Dropbox filesystem changes on a clean macOS VM and made a dry run first script to remove Dropbox local state, caches, services, and File Provider leftovers.

macOS

What Belongs Here

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Reverse engineering

Disassembly, behavior tracing, protocols, old builds, and what products reveal underneath.

02

Security research

Bug hunting, disclosure notes, evidence, timelines, and responsible reports where they can be shared.

03

Apps and tools

Independent macOS and software projects, product decisions, failures, and release stories.

04

Bugs and behavior

Long-term notes on broken assumptions, edge cases, UX details, and real-world software use.

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Computing history

Operating systems, devices, interfaces, and the technology memories that still shape the work.