Skip to content

The Eclectic Light Company

Macs & painting – 🦉 No AI content
Main navigation
  • Downloads
  • Freeware
  • M-series Macs
  • Mac Problems
  • Mac articles
  • Macs
  • Art

security

Last Week on My Mac: The sinkhole under macOS

Permissions, privacy and security protections can conspire to prevent us from accessing our own files. They aren’t integrated, consistent or documented, and badly need improvement.

February 23, 2025 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: What did 15.3.1 fix?

Important security fixes, but no published CVE entries, according to Apple. But digging deeper was also unhelpful. Could it be GoFetch, or SLAP and FLOP?

February 16, 2025 Macs, Technology

Do M4 chips have a new security processor?

Is there a Secure Exclave Processor in M4 chips, a sister to the Secure Enclaves in Macs with T1, T2 or Apple silicon chips? What are they, and what do they do?

February 13, 2025 Macs, Technology

Apple has released macOS Sequoia 15.3.1, and 14.7.4, 13.7.4

Apple has just released a security update to macOS Sequoia to bring it to version 15.3.1, and security […]

February 10, 2025 Macs, Technology, Updates

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 […]

February 5, 2025 Macs, Technology, Updates

Last Week on My Mac: What happened with XProtect?

If it’s running Sequoia, a Mac most likely installed update to Sequoia silently. However, it could still download the Software Update version, as explained here.

February 2, 2025 Macs, Technology

Apple has released an update to XProtect for all supported macOS

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

January 30, 2025 Macs, Technology, Updates

Apple has released an update to XProtect for Sequoia only

Early today Apple released an update to XProtect for macOS Sequoia only bringing it to version 5286. As […]

January 29, 2025 Macs, Technology, Updates

Please don’t delete your logs

Why do some Macs apparently not have Unified log files? Maybe it’s because they’re being deleted by a misguided housekeeping app. Here’s what is going wrong, and what you should do to avoid that.

January 28, 2025 Macs, Technology

What has changed in macOS Sequoia 15.3?

The macOS 15.3 update introduces Genmoji creation in Messages and other apps on Apple silicon Macs, and improves […]

January 27, 2025 Macs, Technology, Updates

Posts navigation

Previous 1 … 11 12 13 14 15 … 148 Next
Blog at WordPress.com.
Footer navigation
  • Free Software Menu
  • About & Contact
  • Macs
  • Painting
  • Downloads
  • Mac problem-solving
  • Extended attributes (xattrs)
  • Painting topics
  • SilentKnight, Skint, SystHist, silnite, LockRattler & Scrub
  • DelightEd & Podofyllin
  • xattred, SpotTest, Providable, Spotcord, Metamer & xattr tools
  • 32-bitCheck & ArchiChect
  • XProCheck, T2M2, LogUI, Ulbow, blowhole and log utilities
  • Cirrus & Bailiff
  • Precize, Alifix, UTIutility, Sparsity, alisma, Taccy, Signet
  • Versatility & Revisionist
  • Text Utilities: Textovert, Disclipper, Nalaprop, Dystextia and others
  • PDF
  • Keychains & Permissions
  • Updates
  • Spundle, Cormorant, Stibium, DropSum, Dintch, Fintch and cintch
  • Long Reads
  • Mac Troubleshooting Summary
  • M-series Macs
  • Mints: a multifunction utility
  • VisualLookUpTest
  • Virtualisation on Apple silicon
  • System Updates
  • Saturday Mac Riddles
  • Last Week on My Mac
  • sysctl information
Secondary navigation
  • Search

Begin typing your search above and press return to search. Press Esc to cancel.

  • Subscribe Subscribed
    • The Eclectic Light Company
    • Join 9,066 other subscribers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • The Eclectic Light Company
    • Subscribe Subscribed
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar
 

Loading Comments...