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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 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

Last Week on My Mac: Forcing decisions

Will macOS 16 support Intel Macs? All T2 models, or just a few of them? What about the 5 year rule? It’s all down to demand and cost benefit, and maybe convincing those who have been sitting on the fence.

May 18, 2025 Macs, Technology

A brief history of architecture transitions

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68K to PowerPC in 1994-1998, on to Intel in 2006-2009, and to Apple silicon from 2020. The 68K emulator, Rosetta, and Rosetta 2 that enabled backward compatibility.

May 17, 2025 Macs, Technology

What has Apple added in advance of macOS 16?

Pasteboard privacy protection, a Magnifier app, Vehicle Motion Cues, Braille Access, Accessibility Reader, Apple Diagnostics and many others coming to a macOS 16 next month.

May 14, 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 13, 2025 Macs, Technology, Updates

What has changed in macOS Sequoia 15.5?

The update to macOS Sequoia 15.5 is likely to be the last to include remaining enhancements and fixes […]

May 12, 2025 Macs, Technology

Apple has released macOS Sequoia 15.5, and 14.7.6, 13.7.6

Apple has just released the update to macOS Sequoia to bring it to version 15.5, and security updates […]

May 12, 2025 Macs, Technology, Updates

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