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SilentKnight, LockRattler and silnite: which should you use?

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LockRattler for manual checks, SilentKnight to check automatically, and silnite for networked Macs and automation.

September 3, 2020 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Is macOS becoming unmaintainable?

Provision of maintenance procedures and tools is at the heart of software engineering, but not in macOS.

August 30, 2020 Macs, Technology

What has changed in the macOS 10.15.6 Supplemental Update?

macOS Catalina 10.15.6 Supplemental Update is promised to address two problems: some Macs running Virtual Machines under VMWare […]

August 13, 2020 Macs, Technology

Firmware updates and the iMac Retina 5K 27-inch Late 2015 (iMac17,1)

What is wrong with this iMac, which has such a struggle updating its firmware? And why is Apple not acknowledging the problem?

July 23, 2020 Macs, Technology

SilentKnight and LockRattler updated

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Aim to fix longstanding failure to change version numbers after installing updates, and support Big Sur.

July 1, 2020 Macs, Technology, Updates

EFI System Partitions: a hidden problem?

What do you know about the hidden and unmounted EFI partition on all the disks you use with your Mac? It could be very important.

June 16, 2020 Macs, Technology

What to do when a T2 Mac suffers a problem updating its firmware

If there’s one thing you don’t want to happen with any Mac with a T2 chip it’s a […]

April 13, 2020 Macs, Technology

What changed in the 10.15.4 Supplemental Update?

The macOS 10.15.4 Supplemental Update released on 8 April 2020 isn’t a small update by any means, at […]

April 9, 2020 Macs, Technology

Apple has released Catalina 10.15.4 Supplemental Update

Apple has released macOS 10.15.4 Supplemental Update, an out-of-cycle update which fixes: problems taking part in FaceTime calls […]

April 8, 2020 Macs, Technology, Updates

SilentKnight & LockRattler: security & firmware updates

A couple of important issues to be aware of when using SilentKnight or LockRattler.

April 4, 2020 Macs, Technology

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