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Category Archive: Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Climate change

The latest XProtect update brings behavioural detection of malware, and extends assurance of app identification beyond notarisation. For some but not all Macs.

August 9, 2026 Macs, Technology

Saturday Mac riddles 372

Here are this weekend’s Mac riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: Fruit element […]

August 8, 2026 General, Macs, Technology

Who has been using my filename extension?

How to discover which app ‘owns’ the mapping between a filename extension and its UTI, and whether you can do anything to fix a conflict.

August 8, 2026 Macs, Technology

What just changed in XProtect?

A new file in the latest XProtect data is set to protect private data used by eight widely used third-party apps, including popular web browsers. But which version of macOS will do this?

August 7, 2026 Macs, Technology

Apple has just released security updates for 26.6.1, 15.7.9 and 14.8.9

Apple has released security updates to macOS Tahoe, bringing it to version 26.6.1, for Sequoia to 15.7.9, and […]

August 6, 2026 Macs, Technology, Updates

Can you disable Gatekeeper and XProtect?

macOS Sequoia and Tahoe have changed the way Gatekeeper and XProtect are controlled. Can a user disable them, and if so, how? And how can you check whether both are enabled?

August 6, 2026 Macs, Technology

Apple has released a major update to XProtect for all macOS

Apple has just released its weekly update to XProtect for all versions of macOS, bringing it to version […]

August 5, 2026 Macs, Technology, Updates

How can you back up your backups?

Every computer system needs a backup strategy to cope with different scales and types of disaster. How to work out what needs to be preserved, and how to do about reducing the risk of data loss.

August 5, 2026 Macs, Technology

Fix LaunchServices problems with command tools

Two command tools, lsregister and lsappinfo, are often recommended for dealing with LaunchServices problems. This summarises what they can and cannot do.

August 4, 2026 Macs, Technology

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 371

I hope you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 371. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Brown beverage […]

August 3, 2026 General, Macs, Technology

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