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Last Week on My Mac: Secure Boot conflicts

Central to the secure design of Apple silicon is Secure Boot, the intricate mechanism that ensures everything in […]

July 2, 2023 Macs, Technology

From party trick to file protection: sparse files have their uses

How to protect collections of files using different encryption passwords, and making most efficient use of storage space.

June 28, 2023 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: What updates?

Eighteen updates in just a few days. Here’s what’s going on with them, why Apple couldn’t use an RSR, and where we’re headed next.

June 25, 2023 Macs, Technology, Updates

Explainer: the app sandbox

Why is it, what is it, and how can you tell whether an app runs in it? What can you do to remove an app’s entitlements?

June 24, 2023 Macs, Technology

Apple has just released updates to XProtect and XProtect Remediator

Apple has just released an update to XProtect Remediator security software (Catalina or later), bringing it to version […]

June 22, 2023 Macs, Technology, Updates

Apple has released macOS Ventura 13.4.1, Monterey 12.6.7 and Big Sur 11.7.8 updates

Apple has just released urgent security updates to bring macOS Ventura to version 13.4.1, Monterey to 12.6.7 and […]

June 21, 2023 Macs, Technology, Updates

Last Week on My Mac: Lies, notarization and privacy

What is going to change in notarization and code signing? Will sandboxing be required? How does this affect privacy controls?

June 18, 2023 Macs, Technology

SilentKnight 2.6 supports Sonoma and more

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Adds support for Sonoma, and removes precautions to deal with broken updates from Content Caching servers.

June 16, 2023 Macs, Technology, Updates

Malware detection and remediation by XProtect Remediator

In June 2022, Apple retired MRT and replaced it with XProtect Remediator. Here’s all you need to know about this new tool and what it does.

June 12, 2023 Macs, Technology

Bastion in defence of Sonoma security

In Ventura, Apple has been introducing more behavioural detection and protection. This is only going to expand in Sonoma. Here’s what it promises.

June 10, 2023 Macs, Technology

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