This week’s XProtect update is important in extending its ability to check scripts now popular in malware. These are run when macOS is preparing to run a script.
Month: February 2026
The main driving forces were a rich diversity in both Dutch society and its painted themes, and the popularity of paintings among the republic’s citizens. Visual art thrived.
You press the Power button, but nothing happens. Has your Mac suddenly died, does it have a problem you can fix easily, or is it just in DFU mode?
Apple has just released an update to XProtect, bringing it to version 5327. As usual, it doesn’t release […]
Three remarkable series: in 1793, painted in oil on tinplate; from 1819 his Black Paintings in oil on plaster on the walls of his villa; in 1824-25 using watercolours on tiny thin slivers of ivory.
After the Boot ROM, LLB and iBoot (stage 2), kernel boot starts setting up security services and putting the hardware to work. CPU cores are started up before file systems are mounted, and the Mac starts userspace boot.
Apple has just released security updates for macOS Catalina and Big Sur. Yes, you saw that right, macOS […]
Pope Urban II’s plan to maintain the Peace of God calls on the faithful to fight for their lives in Jerusalem. The rival People’s Crusade pillages and slaughters all non-Christians, and few survive by the time they’ve left Antioch for Jerusalem.
I hope you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 345. Here are my solutions to them. 1: No amateur […]
As Time Machine has changed, first to back up APFS volumes, then to create backups as snapshots, its needs have changed. This makes it complicated to decide which local snapshots you can delete without affecting its backups.
The Eclectic Light Company 