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The State of Mac Security

The silly season is upon us, and a perfect time to check your Macs are fully up to date and protected, and to plan any macOS updates before the autumn/fall.

July 27, 2022 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Changing anti-malware tools in macOS

Out with the old MRT, and in with the new XProtect Remediator, which seems on a course for full function this fall, with the release of Ventura.

July 3, 2022 Macs, Technology

Apple has pushed updates to XProtect and XProtect Remediator

Apple has just pushed updates to XProtect and XProtect Remediator security software. While XProtect is generally supported by […]

June 30, 2022 Macs, Technology, Updates

Apple has just pushed the first solo XProtect Remediator update

The first update to Apple’s new security software delivered outside a macOS update brings a leap in version number suggesting it’s now fully activated in Monterey and later.

June 17, 2022 Macs, Technology, Updates

Last Week on My Mac: Introducing XProtect Remediator, successor to MRT

MRT’s days appear numbered. On 14 March this year, Apple released its successor – a new version of XProtect, which now does the lot.

June 12, 2022 Macs, Technology

Is Apple’s Malware Removal Tool dropping out of macOS 13?

Apple’s latest updated Platform Security Guide now omits all mention of MRT. Does that mean that it’s going to disappear from macOS 13?

June 3, 2022 Macs, Technology

Apple has pushed an update to MRT

Apple has just pushed an update to its malware removal tool MRT, bringing it to version 1.93, dated […]

April 29, 2022 Macs, Technology, Updates

How should security data updates work?

What’s normal for patterns of security data and macOS updates? How to recognise the pathological, which could reflect a security failure.

April 15, 2022 Macs, Technology

Does your Mac keep installing the same MRT updates?

Some are reporting that recent MRT updates have been installed 15 times. If your Mac affected? Does it keep installing the same security data updates?

April 12, 2022 Macs, Technology

Apple has pushed updates to XProtect and MRT

Apple has just pushed two updates, to the data files used by XProtect, bringing its version number to […]

March 17, 2022 Macs, Technology, Updates

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