Essential facts about the firmware in your Mac, how it’s updated, and which version you should be running. With links to more detailed articles.
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Apple is proud of high adoption rates of its OS upgrades. But 10.15 and 10.16 inevitably prevent many from using them. It’s time for Apple to understand that, and make 10.16 a macOS release we choose to use.
Why you need to update to SilentKnight version 1.7, to address changes in Software Update introduced by Apple.
It’s dull and workaday, but important to every user. At the moment it just isn’t working properly, whether it’s the App Store or 3rd party subscriptions.
Making your network more secure using software firewalls and SSL inspection can block macOS from functioning properly.
How to check whether a macOS Installer app still has a valid signature, and where to find its hidden Installer packages.
Sometimes, Macs just don’t keep up with security updates pushed silently by Apple. Here’s how to avoid suffering that problem.
Don’t rely on being able to use any Apple installer package unless it has been downloaded recently: its certificate is about to expire.
Increases maximum text size, adds macOS version to the report, and fixes a lot for the latest Catalina beta 4.
First release version of what was EFIcienC, to check EFI firmware, security settings, and security updates automatically.
