Answers to the most commonly asked questions on my free utilities SilentKnight and its command tool sibling silnite.
firmware
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.
Why couldn’t you install Security Update 2019-004 on your T2-free Mac, when the problem was in its T2 firmware update?
Now does much of what LockRattler does, without the barrage of numbers. It also checks automatically whether you Mac is up to date.
How can you check whether your firmware is fully up to date when Apple doesn’t help? A new app to make this much simpler, and automatic.
When you replace the internal disk fitted by Apple, some Macs seem to stop installing EFI firmware updates. Is there anything to be done?
Apple has just released an update to bring AirPort Express and Extreme, and Time Capsule Base Stations, with […]
Apple has updated its AirPort Base Station firmware to version 7.9.1. If you still use an AirPort Extreme […]
From hardware diagnostics to pmset and resetting the SMC, all you need to know about diagnosing wake and sleep problems.
Ready to download updates to macOS, iOS, watchOS, Xcode, and some security updates, all at once? It looks like we’re going to be busy next week.
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