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What can I do with my apps?

Customising apps is a joy of the past. Bundled apps can’t even have custom icons. Third-party apps can have custom icons, but anything further will break their signature.

November 4, 2025 Macs, Technology

Apple has released macOS 26.1 Tahoe, and security updates to 15.7.2 and 14.8.2

Apple has just released macOS 26.1 Tahoe, together with security updates for Sequoia to bring it to 15.7.2, […]

November 3, 2025 Macs, Technology, Updates

Why old installers may not work

Certificates in an installer must be valid when the installer is run. Six years ago, all Apple’s ran out, and it had provide new versions. How to cope with that.

November 3, 2025 Macs, Technology

Apple has released an update to XProtect for all macOS

Apple has just released an additional out-of-cycle update to XProtect, bringing it to version 5321. As usual, it […]

October 23, 2025 Macs, Technology, Updates

Apple has released an update to XProtect for all macOS

Apple has just released its weekly update to XProtect, bringing it to version 5320. As usual, it doesn’t […]

October 21, 2025 Macs, Technology, Updates

Apple has released an update to XProtect for all macOS

Apple has just released its weekly update to XProtect, bringing it to version 5319. As usual, it doesn’t […]

October 15, 2025 Macs, Technology, Updates

Apple has released an update to XProtect for all macOS

Apple has released its weekly update to XProtect, bringing it to version 5318. As usual, it doesn’t release […]

October 8, 2025 Macs, Technology, Updates

Apple has released an update to XProtect for all macOS

Apple has released its weekly update to XProtect, bringing it to version 5317. As usual, it doesn’t release […]

October 1, 2025 Macs, Technology, Updates

Apple has just released macOS 26.0.1 Tahoe, 15.7.1 and 14.8.1

Apple has just released macOS 26.0.1 Tahoe, which fixes the problem upgrading to 26.0 on Mac Studio M3 […]

September 29, 2025 Macs, Technology, Updates

A brief history of content caching services

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Originally two separate services in Mac OS X Server, for Software Updates and later Content, it reached client versions of macOS in High Sierra in 2017.

September 27, 2025 Macs, Technology

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