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Take control of updates using softwareupdate

The commands to use with softwareupdate to download and install different types of update and complete macOS installers. And how to deal with XProtect in Sequoia and later.

July 30, 2026 Macs, Technology

Apple has released an update to XProtect for all macOS

Apple has just released another update to XProtect for all versions of macOS, its second in the last […]

July 28, 2026 Macs, Technology, Updates

Apple has released updates to Tahoe 26.6, Sequoia 15.7.8 and Sonoma 14.8.8

Apple has just released updates to all three supported versions of macOS, bringing Tahoe to version 26.6, and […]

July 27, 2026 Macs, Technology, Updates

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 370

I hope you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 370. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Focussed lamp […]

July 27, 2026 General, Macs, Technology

Saturday Mac riddles 370

Here are this weekend’s Mac riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: Focussed lamp […]

July 25, 2026 General, Macs, Technology

Apple has released an update to XProtect for all macOS

Apple has just released an update to XProtect for all versions of macOS, bringing it to version 5352. […]

July 24, 2026 Macs, Technology, Updates

Understand APFS version numbers

When you First Aid in Disk Utility, or an equivalent command tool, it reports the formatting and modification details of each volume. Here’s how to interpret them, with details of all versions of APFS and when they were released.

July 22, 2026 Macs, Technology

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 369

I hope you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 369. Here are my solutions to them. 1: The power […]

July 20, 2026 General, Macs, Technology

Saturday Mac riddles 369

Here are this weekend’s Mac riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: The power […]

July 18, 2026 General, Macs, Technology

What makes a volume bootable?

All it required was the command bless, until that was undone by SIP. Since the T2’s secure boot, it has become steadily more complex, and now is only really possible from the internal SSD.

July 18, 2026 Macs, Technology

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