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Firmware update failure in iMac Retina 5K 27-inch Late 2015 with Catalina

Catalina upgrade may fail to update EFI firmware correctly in some Mac models, notable iMac17,1. Check your firmware!

October 20, 2019 Macs, Technology

SilentKnight and EFI firmware checks

How reporting EFI firmware versions in SilentKnight will change in the near future, depending on updates.

October 9, 2019 Macs, Technology

A gap opens in EFI firmware, leaving Sierra in doubt

For the moment, firmware versions for updated Macs are different between those running Catalina, and those running Mojave earlier. How could this affect Sierra, though?

October 9, 2019 Macs, Technology

Which EFI firmware should your Mac be using? (version 4)

macOS 10.15 Catalina brings EFI firmware updates for all supported models, and subsequent updates have changed those for […]

October 8, 2019 Macs, Technology

macOS Mojave 10.14.6 Supplemental Update take 2 is now available (updated)

If you thought that we’d already installed Mojave 10.14.6 Supplemental Update, here’s yet another go at it, with […]

August 26, 2019 Macs, Technology, Updates

Mojave 10.14.6 Supplemental Update does bring some EFI updates

Yesterday’s surprise Supplemental Update for macOS Mojave 10.14.6 does bring EFI firmware updates for four MacBook Pro models, […]

August 2, 2019 Macs, Technology

SilentKnight and silnite: FAQ

Answers to the most commonly asked questions on my free utilities SilentKnight and its command tool sibling silnite.

August 1, 2019 Macs, Technology

SilentKnight’s security update checks from the command line

Ideal for keeping an eye on networked Macs, this command tool can do everything SilentKnight can in the way of firmware and security update checks.

July 31, 2019 Macs, Technology

SilentKnight 1.1 has improvements, particularly for Catalina

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Increases maximum text size, adds macOS version to the report, and fixes a lot for the latest Catalina beta 4.

July 17, 2019 Macs, Technology

SilentKnight 1.0 takes over from EFIcienC for checking and updating security data

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First release version of what was EFIcienC, to check EFI firmware, security settings, and security updates automatically.

July 15, 2019 Macs, Technology

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