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USB ports on Apple Silicon Macs: Accessory Security and liquid detection

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How laptop Apple silicon Macs help prevent attack by malicious USB and TB devices using Accessory Security, and why some of them also have liquid detectors in their USB-C ports.

March 13, 2025 Macs, Technology

Why all this privacy protection? An overview

The difference between security and privacy, how consent and intent are obtained, how this works with command tools, important links, lists of protected resources and tccutil arguments.

March 12, 2025 Macs, Technology

Apple has released an update to XProtect for all macOS

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

March 11, 2025 Macs, Technology, Updates

Apple has just released macOS Sequoia 15.3.2

Apple has just released an update for macOS Sequoia bringing it to version 15.3.2. There are also Safari […]

March 11, 2025 Macs, Technology, Updates

XProtect Remediator has changed its behaviour

Since the update to XProtect Remediator version 151, many have seen warnings of a plugin being cancelled. This explains how that happens, and what you can do about it.

March 11, 2025 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Increasingly insecure in Sequoia

XProtect’s updates are now less timely and reliable than they were in previous versions of macOS, leaving some Macs not updated for over 48 hours after release of a new version.

March 9, 2025 Macs, Technology

Managing access to location information

These work differently from other privacy controls, and are required for Find My… and Activation Lock. There are some catches too, and no command tool to help.

March 7, 2025 Macs, Technology

What has happened to XProtect in Sequoia?

Getting XProtect data to update in Sequoia has been an adventure. The latest update to 5289 seems to have changed the rules again. Here’s how it works, and how you can get updated.

March 6, 2025 Macs, Technology

Apple has just released updates to XProtect and XProtect Remediator

Apple has just released updates to XProtect for all supported versions of macOS, bringing it to version 5289, […]

March 4, 2025 Macs, Technology, Updates

Last Week on My Mac: Death, taxes and macOS updates

Users should be given a third option to defer updating further, as well as doing it now or later tonight. Does the DAS scheduling and dispatch system rely on security through obscurity too?

March 2, 2025 Macs, Technology

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