A detailed listing of malware currently blocked or removed by Apple’s tools built into macOS from El Capitan onwards.
Category Archive: Macs
How to use extended attributes and SearchKey to find the right file(s) first time, every time. Includes new beta-release.
Full release for El Capitan, Sierra, and High Sierra, and corresponding versions of macOS Server. Now with full Help book.
Apple has just pushed the first updates of 2018 for two of the security tools built into OS […]
macOS can update files protected by SIP without your knowledge of any update taking place, and without the event being recorded in the Install History. Here’s how it happens.
Oracle has just released the second update to Java 9, bringing it to version 9.0.4. Versions 9.0.2 and […]
A more objective comparison with the El Capitan and Sierra product cycles shows that High Sierra isn’t that much worse. Although APFS has matured well, a few obvious and serious security gaffes have marred this cycle.
Introducing a new version of SystHist which lets you see everything that Apple, the App Store, and silent updates install, for El Capitan, Sierra, and High Sierra.
Did Sierra systems have a silent update to OSX1012IncompatibleAppList around 4 January 2018? It looks like another worrying mistake by Apple.
Here’s how to find out just what that last update installed, so you can remove it manually if necessary.
The Eclectic Light Company 