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How does your keychain work?

Authentication dialogs to permit access to your keychain are supplied by the macOS security system, and follow a strict pattern.

April 3, 2017 Macs, Technology

Thunderbolt devices and security: why the CIA mightn’t like 10.12.4

Odd Thunderbolt peripherals, intelligence agencies, and the latest Sierra update.

March 29, 2017 Macs, Technology

macOS Sierra 10.12.4 update now available, and El Cap and Yosemite security updates

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Apple has released the update to macOS Sierra 10.12.4, together with app updates for MainStage 3, Pages, Numbers, […]

March 27, 2017 Macs, Technology

What should you do when LockRattler returns a worrying error?

You expect macOS security systems to work all the time, protecting your Mac. What if they start playing up?

March 27, 2017 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Compromised, or conned?

Hackers claim 300 million compromised iCloud accounts, and Wikileaks claims details of techniques being used by CIA to spy on Mac and iOS users. Fact or fake?

March 26, 2017 General, Macs, Technology

Apple has pushed another Gatekeeper update

Just two days after its last update to macOS Sierra’s Gatekeeper Configuration Data, Apple has pushed out another […]

March 26, 2017 Macs, Technology

Apple pushes silent security update

Overnight, Apple has pushed a silent update to the Gatekeeper security data for macOS 10.12 Sierra and, presumably, […]

March 23, 2017 Macs, Technology

Adobe Flash Player update (updated)

Adobe has just released a major update to its Flash Player, taking it to version 25.0.0.127, which is […]

March 14, 2017 Macs, Technology

Apple pushes silent update to XProtect against Findzip or Filecoder.E

Apple has pushed out another update to the XProtect data for Sierra and El Capitan systems, early today. […]

February 23, 2017 Macs, Technology

Apple pushes silent update to XProtect from XAgent and MacDownloader, but forgets Flash

Apple pushed out a silent update to the XProtect security data files yesterday, 18 February 2017, which should […]

February 19, 2017 Macs, Technology

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