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OS X 10.11

Reducing the frequency of freezes in El Capitan

I may at last have found a way to reduce the frequency of freezing in OS X 10.11.4 and later.

June 6, 2016 Macs, Technology

Known bugs in El Capitan 10.11.5: an incomplete summary

10.11.5 removes a bug in Disk Utility by disabling the feature to resize some partitions. That’s really helpful, isn’t it.

June 1, 2016 Macs, Technology

Definitely not the cat: the sporadic freezes continue

After another system freeze, it is clear the problems in El Capitan are not fixed in 10.11.5.

May 24, 2016 General, Macs, Technology

Some good, some dangerous: Apple’s updates this year

One of the most compelling arguments for Apple owning all the hardware on which its operating systems run, […]

May 22, 2016 General, Macs, Technology

Lost in the log

Have you glanced at your logs recently? Are they full of incessant message diarrhoea?

May 19, 2016 General, Macs, Technology

Significant security fixes in OS X 10.11.5 etc.

Among the significant improvements made to security in OS X 10.11.5 are: PHP is updated to version 5.5.34, […]

May 17, 2016 Macs, Technology

OS X El Capitan version 10.11.5 update

Apple has now released OS X 10.11.5 update, which is available through the App Store’s updates as usual. […]

May 16, 2016 General, Macs, Technology

El Capitan 10.11.4 freezes are not confined to certain MacBook Pros

Has your Mac been freezing occasionally since updating to OS X 10.11.4? You are not alone, it seems.

May 15, 2016 General, Macs, Technology

Silent night: El Capitan’s security settings files

Details of the undocumented settings files which Apple may update silently, but control your Mac’s security and other features.

May 4, 2016 Macs, Technology

SIP and rootless: protecting more than just system files

SIP protects your Mac from rogue KEXTs too, and prevents tools from attaching to protected processes.

May 3, 2016 Macs, Technology

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