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Apple has released an update to XProtect for all macOS

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

June 24, 2025 Macs, Technology, Updates

A brief history of hardware epidemics

Capacitors that overheated, leaked, or even caught fire. Lead-free solder that couldn’t survive being heated and cooled repeatedly. Butterfly keyboards that didn’t work.

June 21, 2025 Macs, Technology

Apple has released an update to XProtect for all macOS

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

June 17, 2025 Macs, Technology, Updates

Is Tahoe really macOS 26 or 16?

Apple’s developer websites refer to macOS Tahoe as 16.0. Does that mean it’s not really 26 at all? How to check the version number so you get the answer you want.

June 13, 2025 Macs, Technology

Apple has released an update to XProtect for all macOS

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

June 10, 2025 Macs, Technology, Updates

macOS 26 Tahoe is coming

Liquid Glass, a major update to Spotlight, 3rd party access to AI features, and faster launch of notarized apps at last. And it still runs on 4 Intel models from 2019 and 2020.

June 10, 2025 Macs, Technology

Apple has released an update to XProtect for all macOS

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

June 4, 2025 Macs, Technology, Updates

Last Week on My Mac: Ever alert

The aspect ratio of my iPhone’s display is under half, and it’s pressed to display more than 5 words in each line of text. Yet Macs now use similar vertical alerts as those in iOS.

May 25, 2025 Macs, Technology

A brief history of alerts

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Originally alert boxes, these have brought us information, warnings and errors in different formats. Although they should be rare, macOS has used them increasingly, sometimes uninformatively.

May 24, 2025 Macs, Technology

Apple has released an update to XProtect for all macOS

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

May 20, 2025 Macs, Technology, Updates

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