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How Tahoe 26.1 has enabled automatic security updates

If you have updated your Mac to Tahoe 26.1, you may be blissfully unaware that it will now […]

November 6, 2025 Macs, Technology

Apple has released updates to XProtect and XProtect Remediator

Apple has just released an update to XProtect for all versions of macOS, bringing it to version 5322. […]

November 4, 2025 Macs, Technology, Updates

What has changed in macOS 26.1 Tahoe?

Download size varies widely. There are many increases in build numbers, fewer in versions. Here are firmware details, links to release notes, and some tantalising observations in the update.

November 4, 2025 Macs, Technology, Updates

What can I do with my apps?

Customising apps is a joy of the past. Bundled apps can’t even have custom icons. Third-party apps can have custom icons, but anything further will break their signature.

November 4, 2025 Macs, Technology

Apple has released macOS 26.1 Tahoe, and security updates to 15.7.2 and 14.8.2

Apple has just released macOS 26.1 Tahoe, together with security updates for Sequoia to bring it to 15.7.2, […]

November 3, 2025 Macs, Technology, Updates

Last Week on My Mac: What do those CPU frequencies mean?

Given what we know about the base M5, is it really a significant improvement on the base M4. What features should we be looking at?

November 2, 2025 Macs, Technology

Apple has released an update to XProtect for all macOS

Apple has just released an additional out-of-cycle update to XProtect, bringing it to version 5321. As usual, it […]

October 23, 2025 Macs, Technology, Updates

Apple has released an update to XProtect for all macOS

Apple has just released its weekly update to XProtect, bringing it to version 5320. As usual, it doesn’t […]

October 21, 2025 Macs, Technology, Updates

Last Week on My Mac: The quiet firmware revolution

Ten years ago, a firmware worm that could have inserted malware into Mac boot flash storage was demonstrated, and shortly afterwards many Macs were found to be running outdated firmware. We’ve come a long way since.

October 19, 2025 Macs, Technology

Check if an app is stuck in translocation

Why is that app slow to launch, unable to update itself, generally behaving erratically, and often crashes? Could it be stuck in app translocation? Here’s how to tell, and how to fix it.

October 16, 2025 Macs, Technology

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