After an important MRT update, is the new version of MRT run automatically, or do you have to restart your Mac?
Category Archive: Macs
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?
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.
Apple has just pushed an update to its malware removal tool, MRT, for macOS, bringing its version number […]
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.
Zoom is a popular videoconferencing system, used apparently by about 750,000 companies and several million individuals around the […]
Why signature checks are so complex, and a walk through log entries of a notarized app launching normally in macOS 10.14.5.
How did you do with last Saturday’s Mac riddles? Here are the answers for you to check, and haggle over.
Now does much of what LockRattler does, without the barrage of numbers. It also checks automatically whether you Mac is up to date.
You can find out which EFI version your Mac is running, but how do you know whether that’s current, or old and vulnerable?
The Eclectic Light Company 