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Silently updated security data files in Tahoe

XProtect, XProtect Remediator, XProtect Behaviour Service, kernel extension excludes, incompatible apps, and some historical remnants, including a database that’s downloaded then vanishes.

September 19, 2025 Macs, Technology

Apple has just released an update to XProtect for all macOS

Apple has just released its weekly update to XProtect for all supported versions of macOS, bringing it to […]

September 16, 2025 Macs, Technology, Updates

Apple has released macOS 26 Tahoe, and Sequoia 15.7, Sonoma 14.8

Apple has just released macOS 26.0 Tahoe (build 25A354), together with security updates to Sequoia taking it to […]

September 15, 2025 Macs, Technology, Updates

Will Macs get Apple’s new memory protection?

Malicious software often relies on corruption and other problems with memory. Latest iPhones come with new hardware-based protection that’s also likely to come in a future M-series chip. Here are the details.

September 15, 2025 Macs, Technology

Skint and SkintM version 1.09 are compatible with macOS 26 Tahoe

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This update enables Skint and SkintM to check macOS 26 Tahoe correctly.

September 12, 2025 Macs, Technology, Updates

Apple has just released an update to XProtect for all macOS

Apple has just released its weekly update to XProtect for all supported versions of macOS, bringing it to […]

September 10, 2025 Macs, Technology, Updates

Security data updates in Sequoia and Tahoe

Three XProtects, and one of them installed in two different locations. How they’re updated, and how you can ensure your Mac keeps up to date with them.

September 9, 2025 Macs, Technology

Apple has just released an update to XProtect for all macOS

Apple has just released its weekly update to XProtect for all supported versions of macOS, bringing it to […]

September 3, 2025 Macs, Technology, Updates

A brief history of the Secure Enclave

Originally the ‘security enclave’, and subject of a series of patents, it was introduced in the iPhone 5s in 2013, then the T2 in 2017, and blossomed in M-series Macs from 2020.

August 30, 2025 Macs, Technology

Apple has just released an update to XProtect for all macOS

Apple has just released its weekly update to XProtect for all supported versions of macOS, bringing it to […]

August 26, 2025 Macs, Technology, Updates

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