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What is triald and why is it taking so much disk space?

Is a process named triald stealing lots of CPU? Or maybe ~/Library/Trial is huge, or filling your backups? Maybe it’s all just one of Apple’s Experiments.

March 31, 2022 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Is Look Up destined for CSAM?

Remember Apple’s failed attempt to detect CSAM in images? Would that have been similar to the way that Visual Look Up works? Is this the thin end of the wedge?

March 20, 2022 Macs, Technology

Explainer: macOS updaters

How macOS updaters have changed over the last decade, and why they’re far more reliable, but you can’t download a standalone updater any more.

March 19, 2022 Macs, Technology

Which of Monterey’s features aren’t available where?

You might have been using Visual Look Up for a few months now, or could still be unable to get it to work. How some features aren’t available everywhere, or on all supported Macs.

March 18, 2022 Macs, Technology

Apple has pushed updates to XProtect and MRT

Apple has just pushed two updates, to the data files used by XProtect, bringing its version number to […]

March 17, 2022 Macs, Technology, Updates

Apple has released Monterey 12.3, Big Sur 11.6.5 and Catalina SU 2022-003

Apple has just released the update to macOS Monterey version 12.3, the security update to Big Sur 11.6.5, […]

March 14, 2022 Macs, Technology, Updates

Apple has pushed an update to MRT

Apple has just pushed an update to its malware removal tool MRT, bringing it to version 1.90, dated […]

March 8, 2022 Macs, Technology, Updates

Apple has pushed an update to XProtect

Apple has just pushed an update to the data files used by XProtect, bringing its version number to […]

March 3, 2022 Macs, Technology, Updates

How Apple should help Ukraine by fulfilling its promises

In November 2020, macOS was found to have a hole in protecting users’ privacy, which Apple promised to fix within a year. Although it has made changes, are they protective enough?

March 2, 2022 General, Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Do we have custom access?

Have you found Time Machine docs helpful in solving problems? Do you know what “custom access” means in the Permissions section of Get Info?

February 20, 2022 Macs, Technology

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