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Apple has released another update to XProtect for all macOS

Apple has released yet another update to XProtect, bringing it to version 5363, for all Macs. As usual […]

September 30, 2026 Macs, Technology, Updates

Apple has released an update to XProtect for all macOS

Apple has overnight released last week’s update to XProtect, bringing it to version 5362, for all Macs. As […]

September 29, 2026 Macs, Technology, Updates

Last Week on My Mac: Spinning plates

Seven burning problems, from encrypted login keychains to problems updating XProtect, have turned the last week into a plate-spinner’s nightmare..

September 27, 2026 Macs, Technology

Apple has just released an update to XProtect for macOS Sequoia and later

Apple has just released its regular weekly update to XProtect, bringing it to version 5362. However, this week’s […]

September 26, 2026 Macs, Technology, Updates

Apple has released an update to XProtect Remediator

Apple has released an update to XProtect Remediator for all macOS from Catalina onwards, to version 163. The […]

September 18, 2026 Macs, Technology, Updates

Apple has released an update to XProtect for all macOS

Apple has just released its regular update to XProtect, bringing it to version 5360, for all versions of […]

September 17, 2026 Macs, Technology, Updates

Apple has released macOS Golden Gate, and security updates to Tahoe 26.7, Sequoia 15.8

Apple has now released the first public version of macOS 27.0 Golden Gate, together with security updates taking […]

September 14, 2026 Macs, Technology, Updates

Apple has released an update to XProtect for all macOS

Apple has overnight released its regular weekly update to XProtect, bringing it to version 5358, for all versions […]

September 2, 2026 Macs, Technology, Updates

How security updates to Sequoia and Sonoma were changed silently

If you updated to Sequoia 15.7.9 or Sonoma 14.8.9 before 17 August, their mBoot firmware should be 18000.161.9. If you updated later, it should be 18000.161.10 instead. This explains why.

August 31, 2026 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: The cost of the blue from over the sea

Mac prices have risen because supply of their high-speed memory, NAND chips for SSDs, and their SoCs has been outstripped by demand for data centres. When will this improve?

August 30, 2026 Macs, Technology

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