Opens a window on all the new Platform Security settings of Apple Silicon Macs, and checks their iBoot firmware version. Minor tweaks for Intel users too.
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This article lists the firmware versions of Macs which have been successfully updated to run macOS 11.7.10. Apple […]
How macOS checks executable code before it’s loaded and run, in macOS 10.15 and 11.0. Covering integrity checks using hashes, and validity of the signing certificate, on Intel and ARM.
Although most were worried about Apple’s failure to deliver upgrades to Big Sur, the most serious problem left many users unable to launch any apps.
A summary of all the macOS updates released over the last three days, to help you catch up with any you’ve missed.
Apple has pushed two updates over the last 12 hours or so, to the data files used by […]
Thirty years ago, many Macs were hit by the Wdef virus, which exploited a vulnerability which remains today: it travelled in an extended attribute. Should we be worried now?
Apple has just released macOS Catalina 10.15.7 Supplemental Update, which weighs in at around 1.2 GB and includes […]
Now offers you the choice of automatically downloading and installing pending updates, or just downloading them for manual installation.
Why you should reconsider whether you let your Mac automatically download and install ‘silent’ updates, and what you can do instead.
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