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Last Week on My Mac: How can you tell whether your Mac is up to date?

A lot of effort has gone into improving Mac security, from firmware to new remediation software, but it’s the delivery that’s now lettings us down.

July 24, 2022 Macs, Technology

Serious bugs remaining in Monterey: a working list

What are the penalties in staying with Monterey, if you choose not to upgrade to Ventura, or your Mac isn’t supported? Please report serious bugs we should know about.

July 22, 2022 Macs, Technology

Apple has pushed an update to XProtect Remediator

Apple has just pushed an update to XProtect Remediator security software for Macs running Catalina or later, bringing […]

July 21, 2022 Macs, Technology, Updates

What has changed in Monterey 12.5?

Has 12.5 fixed the serious memory leak in the Finder’s Find feature? Or the failure to report when rechargeable input devices are fully recharged? Full details.

July 20, 2022 Macs, Technology, Updates

Apple has just released Monterey 12.5 update, Big Sur 11.6.8 and Catalina SU 2022-005

macOS Monterey version 12.5 is now available, together with security updates to Big Sur 11.6.8 and Catalina Security […]

July 20, 2022 Macs, Technology, Updates

Persisting problems with Content Caching and failed security updates

Over the last month, several security updates pushed by Apple have caused problems with Content Caching servers. Why?

July 8, 2022 Macs, Technology

Apple has pushed an update to XProtect Remediator

Apple has just pushed an update to XProtect Remediator security software for Macs running Catalina or later, bringing […]

July 7, 2022 Macs, Technology, Updates

Dismal write performance of Disk Images

Three types of Disk Image, encrypted or not, tested when freshly made or used and remounted. So many variations, but only one type of Disk Image can be trusted for writing.

July 7, 2022 Macs, Technology

Why are Disk Images so slow at writing?

A Mac Studio Max has an SSD delivering up to 7.4 GB/s, and a CPU up to 50% faster than a 16-core Xeon. Why does it write an encrypted disk image at the speed of a slow hard disk?

July 5, 2022 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Changing anti-malware tools in macOS

Out with the old MRT, and in with the new XProtect Remediator, which seems on a course for full function this fall, with the release of Ventura.

July 3, 2022 Macs, Technology

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