If you’re running any version of SilentKnight before 2.10, you need to update it now for compatibility with Catalina and later, particularly for Sequoia. And there are more essential updates too.
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How SilentKnight can install macOS updates, up to a point, and how you can recover from an inadvertent download of a macOS update.
After a batch of new MacBook Pros were delivered with SIP disabled: LockRattler (December 2016), EFIcienC then SilentKnight (July 2019), and here’s what version 3 should look like.
How to update XProtect from a version number of 0 to 5271 in a single command, with the aid of a new version of SilentKnight.
Sequoia doesn’t use previous tools to update and maintain XProtect, so causes havoc with apps like Skint and SilentKnight. Two updates should help.
How long does Apple continue to provide firmware updates for a model once it has been introduced? Results from 40 different models since 2009.
A thorough run-down on which versions of my most popular free apps are compatible with which macOS, including Sequoia. From Skint to Vimy.
These fix auto-updates, and extend SilentKnight’s Help to cover Apple silicon security. Compatible with Sequoia.
Auto-update in SilentKnight 2.7 and 2.8, and in Skint 1.05 and 10.6, is broken. This is because of not one but two Catch-22s.
Extends checks on XProtect Remediator scans to cover the previous 36 hours, and is ready for use with macOS 15 when it arrives.
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