Despite its lack of security release notes, the 11.5.2 update contains new versions of several important security executables, including spctl, sandboxd and syspolicyd.
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The surprise update to Big Sur, bringing it to version 11.5.2, is the first that I can recall […]
Apple has just released the update to bring Big Sur to version 11.5.2. Once again, this is a […]
Apple’s detailed release notes on changes in macOS 11.5 are a bit thin on the ground, listing only […]
Don’t use Unicode normalised Form C names for volumes in Disk Utility, as they cause havoc, and prevent Spotlight from indexing volumes.
Erase your M1’s internal storage in Recovery, reinstall macOS and you could see an error in which it failed ‘to personalize the software update’. That’s not easy to fix, as explained here.
Soon after Apple started delivering M1 Macs, users found that they couldn’t boot them from external disks. Six months later, this has largely been fixed. What went wrong?
macOS 11.4 has finally fixed all the problems with installing current and older macOS on external disks, and booting an M1 Mac from them.
Apple has just released the update to bring Big Sur to version 11.4. This appears more modest in […]
My M1 Mac mini was stuck trying to start up. Its power light was on, but there was no video output, and to all intents it was dead.
