Changed installers, post-update security mayhem, Stage Manager for those sensitive to motion, memory leaks, an Endpoint Security bug, and more.
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Signing out of iCloud and signing back in fixed a problem with syncing, but it also turned SIP off in an ‘unknown’ way, something SilentKnight didn’t understand. Updates included for SilentKnight and silnite.
Over the last three months, of the nine security updates to XProtect pushed by Apple, only one has been delivered and installed correctly through my Monterey Content Caching server
Have your Macs all installed last week’s security data updates to XProtect? If they get them through your Content Caching server, they might not have.
Panic-ridden reports have spread to general and even local news media about last week’s security updates. Are they that unusual, special, or alarming?
If you try compacting a sparse bundle, Spundle and hdiutil could return error 1. This explains why, and fixes Spundle to get over it.
Apple appears to have fixed recent problems installing XProtect and other security updates for some users at least. What if you’re still suffering problems?
You preview a major Rich Text document, which QuickLook shows as completely empty. Has something terrible happened, or is it just a four year-old bug?
What are the penalties in staying with Monterey, if you choose not to upgrade to Ventura, or your Mac isn’t supported? Please report serious bugs we should know about.
When a downloaded update fails to install, that failure isn’t reported back to either local Content Caching server or Apple’s software update servers. Reliable feedback is important.
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