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Category Archive: Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Increasingly insecure in Sequoia

XProtect’s updates are now less timely and reliable than they were in previous versions of macOS, leaving some Macs not updated for over 48 hours after release of a new version.

March 9, 2025 Macs, Technology

Saturday Mac riddles 298

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

March 8, 2025 General, Macs, Technology

A brief history of system preferences and settings

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From System 7’s Control Panels, through Mac OS X’s System Prefs, then System Preferences. And what happened in Ventura.

March 8, 2025 Macs, Technology

Managing access to location information

These work differently from other privacy controls, and are required for Find My… and Activation Lock. There are some catches too, and no command tool to help.

March 7, 2025 Macs, Technology

What has happened to XProtect in Sequoia?

Getting XProtect data to update in Sequoia has been an adventure. The latest update to 5289 seems to have changed the rules again. Here’s how it works, and how you can get updated.

March 6, 2025 Macs, Technology

Should you pay a premium price for a bigger internal SSD?

You could save hundreds of $/€/£ buying a Mac with a smaller internal SSD. Is that a good economy, or will you come to regret it? Here are the pros and cons.

March 5, 2025 Macs, Technology

Apple has just released updates to XProtect and XProtect Remediator

Apple has just released updates to XProtect for all supported versions of macOS, bringing it to version 5289, […]

March 4, 2025 Macs, Technology, Updates

LogUI build 25 replaced by build 27

Improves Signposts feature and makes a couple of minor corrections.

March 4, 2025 Macs, Technology, Updates

LogUI build 25 can select and copy log entries, and more

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Supports both continuous and discontinuous selection of log entries, copy their text contents, Signposts, and smart window and file naming.

March 4, 2025 Macs, Technology, Updates

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 297

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 297. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Can […]

March 3, 2025 General, Macs, Technology

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