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Category Archive: Macs

Magic, lipo and testing for Universal binaries

How testing Mach-O files to see if they’re Universal Binaries gets complicated – and probably isn’t as reliable before macOS 10.14.

July 24, 2020 Macs, Technology

Apple has pushed updates to XProtect and MRT

Apple has pushed two updates today, to the data files used by XProtect, bringing its version number to […]

July 23, 2020 Macs, Technology, Updates

Firmware updates and the iMac Retina 5K 27-inch Late 2015 (iMac17,1)

What is wrong with this iMac, which has such a struggle updating its firmware? And why is Apple not acknowledging the problem?

July 23, 2020 Macs, Technology

Mints can now check folders for Universal Apps

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A new tool for Mints checks executables for ARM64 code, and lists the Universal Binaries it finds in folders. And it fixes log colours.

July 22, 2020 Macs, Technology, Updates

ArchiChect 2.4 goes Universal and improves detection of Universal code

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New version for Mojave and later improves accuracy of detection of Universal binaries which can run on Apple Silicon.

July 21, 2020 Macs, Technology, Updates

Big Sur is both 10.16 and 11.0 – it’s official

macOS 11.0 will identify itself differently according to the SDK used, and an environment variable does the same for scripts.

July 21, 2020 Macs, Technology

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 56

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 56. Here are my solutions to them, in a […]

July 20, 2020 General, Macs, Technology

How to tell Intel code from Universal

How can you tell whether an app on your Mac is a Universal App, or only support Intel processors?

July 20, 2020 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Malware detection games

Why hasn’t Gatekeeper data been updated for almost a year, but in 2 weeks we got 3 updates to XProtect? Will Tom ever catch Jerry?

July 19, 2020 Macs, Technology

Saturday Mac riddles 56

Here are this weekend’s riddles to entertain you through whatever you’re now allowed to do. 1: We’ll soon […]

July 18, 2020 General, Macs, Technology

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