While other Macs had happily updated XProtect’s data in the normal way, my Sequoia beta system told me it was out of date, and refused to find an updater. Then I recalled an old tweet.
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How to update XProtect from a version number of 0 to 5271 in a single command, with the aid of a new version of SilentKnight.
Sequoia doesn’t use previous tools to update and maintain XProtect, so causes havoc with apps like Skint and SilentKnight. Two updates should help.
Apple has just released patch updates to bring macOS Sonoma to version 14.6.1, and Ventura to 13.6.9. There’s […]
Apple has just released updates to XProtect Remediator security software (Catalina or later), bringing it to version 141, […]
How long does Apple continue to provide firmware updates for a model once it has been introduced? Results from 40 different models since 2009.
Everything you need to know about Containers, Group Containers and Daemon Containers, providing a sandboxed Home folder for apps.
Ownership can mean two very different things on Macs: it might be about Unix permissions, or Apple silicon boot policy. How to tell them apart so you use the right solution for ownership problems.
How 3rd party developers used KPIs for drivers and much else in kernel extensions. These are now being replaced progressively by System Extensions. This is the state of play.
Apple has just released updates to XProtect Remediator security software (Catalina or later), bringing it to version 140, […]
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