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Category Archive: Technology

What’s this about 10.15 Supplemental Update 2?

In the last day or so, rumours have spread about the appearance of macOS Catalina 10.15 Supplemental Update […]

October 22, 2019 Macs, Technology

Catalina crashes non-notarized command tools with a quarantine flag

Do you use third-party command tools? Are you using or planning to use Catalina? This explains how 10.15 changes first run checks on those tools, and their effect on all users.

October 22, 2019 Macs, Technology

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 17

How close did you get this week? Anyone with all three?

October 21, 2019 General, Macs, Technology

Why Catalina may have problems with extensions

Why third-party kernel extensions may have problems working in Catalina, and whether those KEXTs will become SEXTs.

October 21, 2019 Macs, Technology

Firmware update failure in iMac Retina 5K 27-inch Late 2015 with Catalina

Catalina upgrade may fail to update EFI firmware correctly in some Mac models, notable iMac17,1. Check your firmware!

October 20, 2019 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: The worst macOS upgrade ever?

Seen the reports that Apple Support recommends not installing 10.15 on new Mac minis? Well, they’re just another fake.

October 20, 2019 Macs, Technology

Saturday Mac riddles 17

Three rather easier ones this week, I hope. Give them a try.

October 19, 2019 General, Macs, Technology

Should you enable defragmentation on APFS hard drives?

You’re stuck using hard disks with High Sierra or later. Could enabling defragmentation on them overcome the performance problems of APFS?

October 19, 2019 Macs, Technology

SilentKnight, LockRattler and silnite updates to extend 10.15 checks

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Important updates if you’re running Catalina, as they add the KEXT blocker back into their checks.

October 18, 2019 Macs, Technology

Beware Apple security certificates after 24 October: they may have expired

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Don’t rely on being able to use any Apple installer package unless it has been downloaded recently: its certificate is about to expire.

October 18, 2019 Macs, Technology

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