How Intel Macs without a T2 chip boot, and how Secure Boot works in those with T2 or Apple silicon chips. How the latter can still enjoy Secure Boot when starting up from an external disk.
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Latest macOS updates bring revised firmware for most models. Here are details of which are no longer being updated, and what’s likely in the future.
Full details of firmware installed by macOS Sequoia on supported Macs, including on remaining Intel model without a T2 chip, T2 and Apple silicon Macs.
On my Magic Trackpad, Force Click vanished. As it had recently updated its firmware, it looked like that update had caused the problem, although that no longer makes sense. Does your Magic Trackpad have the same problem?
How long does Apple continue to provide firmware updates for a model once it has been introduced? Results from 40 different models since 2009.
All about Mac firmware, from PowerPC Open Firmware to Apple silicon’s LLB and iBoot, and what the rules are for updating firmware.
When Apple opens WWDC on 10 June, it will release the first beta of macOS 15 to developers. By September, support for Monterey will be withdrawn. Now is the time to start planning your upgrades.
Although some are still experiencing the issue of new FileVault security keys, Sonoma 14.5 looks the best release yet, and fixes some troublesome bugs.
The keyboard firmware update that flew in under the radar, and one of many fixes in Sonoma 14.2 tackle different Bluetooth vulnerabilities. How do they affect you?
Apple has released a firmware update for its Bluetooth Magic Keyboards, although you can’t download it yourself, and […]
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