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Category Archive: Technology

Has Apple broken Content Caching server updates again?

Have your Macs all installed last week’s security data updates to XProtect? If they get them through your Content Caching server, they might not have.

August 23, 2022 Macs, Technology

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 165

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 165. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Land […]

August 22, 2022 General, Macs, Technology

Mints now lists firmware and recovery versions, and more

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A new version of Mints adds the ability to view versions of installed firmware and recovery systems, valuable particularly for Apple silicon Macs.

August 22, 2022 Macs, Technology, Updates

Last Week on My Mac: Software Update and serendipity

I was browsing thousands of log entries from Software Update and its relatives when something caught my eye. Here’s what became of it.

August 21, 2022 Macs, Technology

Saturday Mac riddles 165

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

August 20, 2022 General, Macs, Technology

Recent security updates: how unusual?

Panic-ridden reports have spread to general and even local news media about last week’s security updates. Are they that unusual, special, or alarming?

August 20, 2022 Macs, Technology

An atlas of recovery and boot volumes: High Sierra to Monterey

From High Sierra’s four-volume group to macOS 12 on Apple silicon with three containers and 11 volumes, and both regular and fallback Recovery volumes.

August 19, 2022 Macs, Technology

Apple has pushed updates to XProtect and XProtect Remediator

Apple has just pushed updates to XProtect and XProtect Remediator security software. While XProtect is generally supported by […]

August 18, 2022 Macs, Technology, Updates

How to find full Software Update information

How to discover the version of ‘fallback’ Recovery, Bridge versions of T2 chips, and a whole lot more info about a Mac. And a bonus for Ventura.

August 18, 2022 Macs, Technology

Apple has just released macOS Monterey 12.5.1 update

Apple has just released a security update to macOS Monterey, bringing it to version 12.5.1. This fixes two […]

August 17, 2022 Macs, Technology, Updates

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