Major macOS releases from Sierra onwards, with full details of each release and security update. Also updates to XProtect, XProtect Remediator, and others.
For a systematic compilation of links to articles here about Apple silicon Macs, M1, M2, M3, M4 and […]
A small selection of his instantaneous narrative paintings drawn largely from Tasso’s Jerusalem Delivered, from 1630 to 1651.
Apple’s MRT, still installed on Macs although not updated for over 4 years, could be run manually on those Macs left running. XProtect Remediator could also be run by the user for over 4 years, until that was stopped in September 2026. Is it still useful and reliable?
How this Austrian artist’s painting changed through years before the First World War, then the carnage of that conflict, and its aftermath.
A bug currently prevents updated versions of Sequoia from using the xprotect command tool to update XProtect. This explains it in detail, and recommends how you can update XProtect successfully in macOS Sequoia.
Apple has just released an update to XProtect, bringing it to version 5371, for all Macs, following the […]
London plane trees, a fig, the famous limes of Unter den Linden in Berlin, and Dutch elms in Amsterdam. City boulevards brought to life by their trees.
When does PKGCore have nothing to do with packages, and when did it first appear? How does it work with AppKit and other parts of macOS to select an item in the Finder?
The Furies hunt Orestes down, haunting and tormenting him to drive him mad, because of his murder of his mother Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus.
I hope you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 384. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Sorcerer’s pet […]
There are now several sophisticated and powerful virtualisation environments for Apple silicon Macs. Do Viable and Vimy still have a useful role? With an update to Vimy 1.0.
