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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

Some Macs don’t update their firmware when they should

Have you checked whether your Mac is running the latest version of firmware? For some iMacs, that might bring an unwelcome surprise.

March 30, 2020 Macs, Technology

Do you have an iMac Retina 5K 27-inch Late 2015? (iMac17,1)

Many users of iMac 17,1 models – described officially as the iMac Retina 5K 27-inch Late 2015 – […]

March 25, 2020 Macs, Technology

What changed in the Catalina 10.15.3 update?

According to Apple’s release notes for the Catalina 10.15.3 update, there are only two changes which merit specific […]

January 29, 2020 Macs, Technology, Updates

Apple has released macOS Catalina 10.15.3, and security updates for Mojave and High Sierra

Apple has just released the update to bring Catalina to version 10.15.3, together with Security Updates for both […]

January 28, 2020 Macs, Technology, Updates

SilentKnight version 1.6 is kinder to those still running Sierra

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Now that Sierra is unsupported, this update no longer marks its older firmware versions as being errors.

January 13, 2020 Macs, Technology, Updates

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