How macOS installers changed

How Big Sur gained an UpdateBrain that changed macOS fundamentally, and why you can’t get standalone or Combo updaters any more.

Last Week on My Mac: What updates?

Eighteen updates in just a few days. Here’s what’s going on with them, why Apple couldn’t use an RSR, and where we’re headed next.

Apple has just released urgent security updates to bring macOS Ventura to version 13.4.1, Monterey to 12.6.7 and […]

Since November 2020, every T2 and Apple silicon Mac that has booted Big Sur or later in Full Security mode has check the integrity of its 9 GB SSV.

Apple has just released the update to bring macOS 13 Ventura to version 13.4 (build 22F66), and security […]

Apple has just released security updates to macOS Monterey and Big Sur, bringing them to versions 12.6.5 and […]

This week’s updates to macOS 13.3, 12.6.4 and 11.7.5 should have updated the firmware of every supported Mac. […]

Apple has just released updates to bring macOS 13 Ventura to version 13.3 (build 22E252), and security updates […]

Update improves analysis and reporting of XProtect Remediator anti-malware scans, and is for macOS Catalina and later.

Now has more nuanced interpretation of potential problems reported by XPR, and displays a simple summary in a separate reporting panel.