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SilentKnight 1.15 and LockRattler 4.30 do more on Big Sur and M1 Macs

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For all Macs running Big Sur, these now report whether its new System volume is correctly sealed, and about Platform Security for M1 Macs.

December 1, 2020 Macs, Technology, Updates

Is Big Sur’s system volume sealed?

How can you tell whether your Mac’s shiny new Sealed System Volume is properly sealed? You could easily be misled into thinking it isn’t.

November 30, 2020 Macs, Technology

macOS has checked app signatures online for over 2 years

Why does it take 2 years to realise that macOS has been checking signing certificate validity online?

November 25, 2020 Macs, Technology

How Big Sur checks Universal Apps

If you were to strip unwanted code from a Universal App, would it still pass Big Sur’s strict security checks?

November 23, 2020 Macs, Technology

Getting unnotarized apps out of quarantine

How Catalina and Big Sur handle the first run of apps which have their quarantine flag set. With details of log entries seen in both steps needed for approval.

November 19, 2020 Macs, Technology

SilentKnight version 1.14 for your Apple Silicon Mac

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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.

November 18, 2020 Macs, Technology, Updates

Which firmware should your Mac be using? (version 5)

This article lists the firmware versions of Macs which have been successfully updated to run macOS 11.7.10. Apple […]

November 16, 2020 Macs, Technology

Checks on executable code in Catalina and Big Sur: a first draft

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.

November 16, 2020 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Making essential services fail-safe

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.

November 15, 2020 Macs, Technology

Apple updates for every Mac: a summary of the last days

A summary of all the macOS updates released over the last three days, to help you catch up with any you’ve missed.

November 14, 2020 Macs, Technology, Updates

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