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Do M4 chips have a new security processor?

Is there a Secure Exclave Processor in M4 chips, a sister to the Secure Enclaves in Macs with T1, T2 or Apple silicon chips? What are they, and what do they do?

February 13, 2025 Macs, Technology

Sonoma’s unfinished business: exclaves, conclaves and the kernel

Sonoma 14.4 added support for exclaves and conclaves, which are used in Sequoia’s virtual machines. What is an exclave, and what does it add?

August 20, 2024 Macs, Technology

A brief history of Mac enclaves and exclaves

T1 and T2 chips in Intel Macs, integral in M-series chips, used in Sequoia’s virtual machines at last, and an essential feature in Private Cloud Compute.

June 15, 2024 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Agatha Christie, dendrites and West Berlin

Making their appearance for the first time in macOS 14.4 are Agatha Christie’s detective Hercule Poirot, branches from nerve cells, and isolated fragments of states. What can they be?

March 10, 2024 Macs, Technology
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