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Mojave may make Macs molasses

Some Macs start running the Mojave upgrade like it’s molasses or treacle: starting an app takes a minute or more, and other function grind to a halt. Here’s why, and what you should do.

October 12, 2018 Macs, Technology

Four serious security errors which are easily made on a Mac: how to fix them

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Over the last year, I have come across many Macs which have been left with serious vulnerabilities. Here are four common ones, and how to put them right.

July 25, 2018 Macs, Technology

Should you buy a Mac with a T2 chip? Costs, benefits, and problems

How much more is a Mac with a T2 chip? What does it actually do? Who might need its features? What are its problems?

July 16, 2018 Macs, Technology

New Apple support articles about MacBook Pro 2018 model with the T2 chip (updated)

New MacBook Pro models (2018) with a Touch Bar incorporate the same T2 chip which is built into […]

July 15, 2018 Macs, Technology

Do you use email encryption at all? macOS 10.13.4 update may help

Fuller details have now been published about the EFAIL vulnerabilities in PGP and S/MIME email encryption, at the […]

May 15, 2018 Macs, Technology

Do you use PGP/GPG and S/MIME email encryption? They’re vulnerable (updated)

A major vulnerability has been revealed, and will be detailed very shortly, affecting mail encryption using PGP/GPG and […]

May 14, 2018 Macs, Technology

APFS encryption, ghost guest users, and odd UUIDs

Has someone hacked into your encrypted drive already, or is this another security vulnerability in High Sierra?

April 25, 2018 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Insights through a vulnerability

High Sierra 10.13.4 may have stopped leakage of APFS encryption passphrases, but that is only a small part of an accident chain going back many years.

April 1, 2018 Macs, Technology

Encryption passphrases are still left in logs: how Apple abuses its unified log

I wrote yesterday that macOS High Sierra 10.13.4 finally fixes the leakage of APFS encryption passphrases into the […]

March 31, 2018 Macs, Technology

macOS High Sierra 10.13.4 fixes APFS encryption password disclosure bug

The latest update to High Sierra, bringing it to 10.13.4, does fix the bug discovered by Sarah Edwards […]

March 30, 2018 Macs, Technology

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