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Category Archive: Macs

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 3

Answers to the three riddles from last Saturday. How did you get on?

July 15, 2019 General, Macs, Technology

SilentKnight 1.0 takes over from EFIcienC for checking and updating security data

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First release version of what was EFIcienC, to check EFI firmware, security settings, and security updates automatically.

July 15, 2019 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Does anyone here know about MRT?

Did you restart your Mac after the critical update to MRT this week? Was Apple’s guidance on the update helpful? Or is this security by riddle?

July 14, 2019 Macs, Technology

Saturday Mac riddles 3

Three more riddles to test your Mac knowledge and devious thought processes over the weekend.

July 13, 2019 General, Macs, Technology

What happened when MRT was updated, and what MRT does

After an important MRT update, is the new version of MRT run automatically, or do you have to restart your Mac?

July 13, 2019 Macs, Technology

How do you get a security update to work?

So you downloaded and installed a ‘silent’ security update. But how do you get it to work on your Mac? Isn’t that automatic too?

July 12, 2019 Macs, Technology

Understanding signature checks on notarized apps in Mojave 10.14.5: 2

How checks differ when an app is launched from a new path, and the effects of gross changes to the Resources folder, and small changes to code.

July 11, 2019 Macs, Technology

Apple has pushed an update to MRT to remove Zoom’s hidden web server

Apple has just pushed an update to its malware removal tool, MRT, for macOS, bringing its version number […]

July 10, 2019 Macs, Technology

Versions and other app metadata: what to trust?

Version numbers are simple, aren’t they? So how come so few of Apple’s own apps conform to its own rules? And as for copyright info, forget it, as so many Apple apps seem to.

July 10, 2019 Macs, Technology

Zoom videoconferencing could expose your Mac

Zoom is a popular videoconferencing system, used apparently by about 750,000 companies and several million individuals around the […]

July 9, 2019 Macs, Technology

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