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Last Week on My Mac: Does anyone here know about MRT?

Did you restart your Mac after the critical update to MRT this week? Was Apple’s guidance on the update helpful? Or is this security by riddle?

July 14, 2019 Macs, Technology

What happened when MRT was updated, and what MRT does

After an important MRT update, is the new version of MRT run automatically, or do you have to restart your Mac?

July 13, 2019 Macs, Technology

How do you get a security update to work?

So you downloaded and installed a ‘silent’ security update. But how do you get it to work on your Mac? Isn’t that automatic too?

July 12, 2019 Macs, Technology

Understanding signature checks on notarized apps in Mojave 10.14.5: 2

How checks differ when an app is launched from a new path, and the effects of gross changes to the Resources folder, and small changes to code.

July 11, 2019 Macs, Technology

Apple has pushed an update to MRT to remove Zoom’s hidden web server

Apple has just pushed an update to its malware removal tool, MRT, for macOS, bringing its version number […]

July 10, 2019 Macs, Technology

Zoom videoconferencing could expose your Mac

Zoom is a popular videoconferencing system, used apparently by about 750,000 companies and several million individuals around the […]

July 9, 2019 Macs, Technology

Understanding signature checks on notarized apps in Mojave 10.14.5: 1

Why signature checks are so complex, and a walk through log entries of a notarized app launching normally in macOS 10.14.5.

July 9, 2019 Macs, Technology

Check EFI and security using EFIcienC

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Now does much of what LockRattler does, without the barrage of numbers. It also checks automatically whether you Mac is up to date.

July 8, 2019 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Useless information

You can find out which EFI version your Mac is running, but how do you know whether that’s current, or old and vulnerable?

July 7, 2019 Macs, Technology

Check your EFI firmware automatically with EFIcienC

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How can you check whether your firmware is fully up to date when Apple doesn’t help? A new app to make this much simpler, and automatic.

July 4, 2019 Macs, Technology

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