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Does your Mac keep installing the same MRT updates?

Some are reporting that recent MRT updates have been installed 15 times. If your Mac affected? Does it keep installing the same security data updates?

April 12, 2022 Macs, Technology

Updating your Mac using softwareupdate, SilentKnight and silnite

If you don’t want to leave Software Update to install updates automatically, here are the options for using softwareupdate, SilentKnight and silnite instead.

March 28, 2022 Macs, Technology

How to get an old version of macOS, OS X and Xcode

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You might want an old macOS or OS X installer to build a Virtual Machine, or for an old Mac. Here’s how to get them, and old versions of Xcode.

December 20, 2021 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: shrinking macOS updates

The macOS 12.1 update is the smallest x.1 update since High Sierra 10.13.1 in October 2017, over four years ago. How come it has bucked the trend in Big Sur?

December 19, 2021 Macs, Technology

Using SilentKnight to download updates

For those who want macOS updates promptly, SilentKnight can be a help. But don’t use it to download and install an update.

December 17, 2021 Macs, Technology

SilentKnight: how to install just one update, rather than all

What to do when SilentKnight offers you large macOS updates, or updates which you don’t want to install just yet, and other problems.

September 28, 2021 Macs, Technology

Inside macOS installer apps and disks

Full macOS installers come in different presentations according to how they’re obtained. Explained here are what’s in an installer app, and how a bootable installer disk works.

September 20, 2021 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Squeezing a thimbleful of update into a ten-gallon can

In macOS 11.5.1, Apple has squeezed a thimbleful of a patch into a ten-gallon can of update, more than 99% of which is overhead.

August 1, 2021 Macs, Technology

Tango for Two Macs: cached system and App Store updates

Details of how the Content Caching server handles a cache macOS security data update, and both client and server handle an App Store update.

June 17, 2021 Macs, Technology

Inside the Content Caching server: performance and troubleshooting

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Using Activity Monitor and command tools to assess performance of a content caching server, and diagnosing problems from the log.

June 15, 2021 Macs, Technology

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