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Category Archive: Technology

SnowDrift warnings: are they malware?

Two readers reported odd warnings when checking macOS malware scans. Are they significant, or errors? And what are the differences between XProtect and XProtect.app?

September 19, 2022 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Passkeys and biometrics

How important is Touch ID and other biometric authentication to Passkeys, and wouldn’t it be better to run both passwords and Passkeys side-by-side?

September 18, 2022 Macs, Technology

Saturday Mac riddles 169

Here are this weekend’s riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: Challenging response of […]

September 17, 2022 General, Macs, Technology

How to check an app’s signature

GUI software and the commands you need to get the signature of an app checked thoroughly by macOS, plus a detailed list of error code.

September 17, 2022 Macs, Technology

Interpreting XProCheck’s results and problems

What if you see no scans at all? Or just ‘private’ results? What should make you concerned, and what’s normal?

September 16, 2022 Macs, Technology

Apple has pushed an update to XProtect Remediator

Apple has just pushed an update to XProtect Remediator security software for Macs running Catalina or later, bringing […]

September 15, 2022 Macs, Technology, Updates

XProCheck 1.1 can now run XProtect Remediator scans on demand

New feature: run anti-malware scans when you want, and inspect their reports straight afterwards.

September 15, 2022 Macs, Technology, Updates

Why Passkeys are so important, and how you can use them now

What you need to use Passkeys in Monterey and Ventura, how they work, and how to set them up, as your primary access and for 2FA.

September 14, 2022 Macs, Technology

How macOS leaves users vulnerable, and unaware of their vulnerability

John clicked on the wrong email, and suspected something malicious. From there on, nothing went right. He couldn’t even check macOS protection. A salutary tale.

September 13, 2022 Macs, Technology

Apple has released Monterey and Big Sur security updates

Alongside iOS 16, Apple has just released security updates to Monterey, bringing it to version 12.6, and Big […]

September 12, 2022 Macs, Technology, Updates

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