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Mojave’s privacy consent works behind your back

Uninstall an app and it vanishes from the Privacy tab. But it hasn’t really gone – those consents will be reactivated if the app is replaced. Without you being informed.

July 22, 2019 Macs, Technology

Apple has pushed another update to MRT

Apple has pushed a third update to MRT bringing its version to 1.47 dated 18 July 2019. Apple […]

July 18, 2019 Macs, Technology

Apple’s guidance on backing up your Mac revisited

Are iCloud Drive, CDs and DVDs, and partitions on the same storage really suitable places for you to back your Mac up?

July 17, 2019 Macs, Technology

What is this ‘Compatibility Notification Data’ which Apple has just updated?

Part of Apple’s preparations for Catalina, this contains a list of major apps which are only 32-bit and will stop working when you upgrade to 10.15.

July 17, 2019 Macs, Technology

Apple has pushed updates to Gatekeeper and MRT

Apple has pushed updates to the data used by Gatekeeper, bringing its version number to 172, dated 16 […]

July 16, 2019 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Does anyone here know about MRT?

Did you restart your Mac after the critical update to MRT this week? Was Apple’s guidance on the update helpful? Or is this security by riddle?

July 14, 2019 Macs, Technology

What happened when MRT was updated, and what MRT does

After an important MRT update, is the new version of MRT run automatically, or do you have to restart your Mac?

July 13, 2019 Macs, Technology

How do you get a security update to work?

So you downloaded and installed a ‘silent’ security update. But how do you get it to work on your Mac? Isn’t that automatic too?

July 12, 2019 Macs, Technology

Apple has pushed an update to MRT to remove Zoom’s hidden web server

Apple has just pushed an update to its malware removal tool, MRT, for macOS, bringing its version number […]

July 10, 2019 Macs, Technology

Versions and other app metadata: what to trust?

Version numbers are simple, aren’t they? So how come so few of Apple’s own apps conform to its own rules? And as for copyright info, forget it, as so many Apple apps seem to.

July 10, 2019 Macs, Technology

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