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OS X 10.11

A panacea for El Capitan problems: applying the latest Combo updater

Installing a Combo update of OS X is a popular panacea for puzzling problems. But you need to do a bit more to complete the job.

May 2, 2016 Macs, Technology

SIP and ‘rootless’: El Cap going beyond permissions

So which files and folders does SIP protect, and how can you work around it?

May 1, 2016 Macs, Technology

Known bugs in El Capitan 10.11.4: an incomplete summary

The list is a little shorter than for 10.11.3, but some old favourites are still there.

April 23, 2016 Macs, Technology

Apple updates the kernel extension exclude list

At around 1800 on 5 April 2016, Apple pushed out a silent update to OS X 10.11 El […]

April 6, 2016 Macs, Technology

The TLS mess in OS X El Capitan

With OpenSSL 0.9.8zh and 1.0.2d and LibreSSL 2.1.8, El Capitan is an out-of-date mess, and needs tidying for the sake of security.

March 23, 2016 Macs, Technology

Updating to El Capitan 10.11.4

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It’s a long and slow install, and brings additional updates too. Is it worth rushing at, or should you wait?

March 22, 2016 Macs, Technology

OS X El Capitan 10.11.4 update now available

Apple has now released the update to OS X El Capitan version 10.11.4. Among the fixes which it […]

March 21, 2016 Macs, Technology

Bug in El Capitan: Power management ignores setting to not sleep hard disks

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On some iMacs at least, the settings in Energy Saver are partly ignored. This must be a bug.

March 4, 2016 Macs, Technology

Known bugs in El Capitan 10.11.3: an incomplete summary

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The list has grown since 10.11.2, with none of the previous bugs being fixed in 10.11.3.

February 14, 2016 Macs, Technology

OS X El Capitan is probably due an important security fix

A serious vulnerability was discovered in OpenSSL in the New Year. Although the conditions in which it is […]

January 28, 2016 Macs, Technology

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