Apple’s doomed, they keep saying. macOS is going down the pan. But is it? And why is Apple recruiting so many staff?
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Apple appears to be maintaining MRT, but hasn’t changed detection signatures in XProtect for 9 months. What does this mean for the security of macOS and its users?
Don’t just throw it in a box and send it off: what happens if its internal storage is replaced or wiped? What about protecting sensitive files? Does a T2 chip make this difficult?
Apple has just pushed an update to its malware removal tool, MRT, for macOS, bringing its version number […]
Apple has just pushed an update to the ‘Yara’ data files used by XProtect, bringing its version number […]
Recommended for all users: new updates since the app was last run should now be shown in red text.
More accurate datestamping in its reports, and a default filename which incorporates date and time. Worthwhile for all users.
There are still many outstanding from 10.14, and one going back many years.
More work to be done before your migration is fully complete: check your workflows, key security settings, disk health, licensing, backups.
Apple has just pushed an update to the data used by Gatekeeper, bringing its version number to 157, […]
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