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Why some apps launch very slowly

Opening Pages can take several seconds, and other apps can hang around for 30 seconds before they’re ready to use. Is it XProtect, online certificate checks, or what?

April 22, 2025 Macs, Technology

macOS 15.3.2 Sequoia won’t install older macOS on Apple silicon Macs

Can you install macOS Sonoma on an external SSD for an Apple silicon Mac running Sequoia 15.3.2? So far this has defeated two of us on many attempts. With useful tips that should have brought success.

March 28, 2025 Macs, Technology

LogUI log browser build 31 has better filters

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This new build checks that it can get log extracts, and has a wider range of filters you can use to select which entries it fetches and displays.

March 20, 2025 Macs, Technology, Updates

What happened to macOS in last week’s updates?

T2 Macs updated to 15.3.2 should have a newer firmware version than those who installed the Safari update for Sonoma or Ventura, but what is 14.7.5 and 13.7.5? Time to deconfuse.

March 19, 2025 Macs, Technology, Updates

Apple has released macOS Sequoia 15.2, and security updates to 14.7.2 and 13.7.2

As eagerly anticipated, Apple has released the update to macOS 15.2 Sequoia, together with security updates to bring […]

December 11, 2024 Macs, Technology, Updates

Watch for overdue Safari 18.1 updates for Sonoma and Ventura

If your Mac is still running Sonoma or Ventura, and you have already updated it to 14.7.1 or […]

October 29, 2024 Macs, Technology, Updates

Apple has released macOS Sequoia 15.1, and security updates to 14.7.1 and 13.7.1

As expected, Apple has released the update to macOS 15.1 Sequoia, together with security updates to bring Sonoma […]

October 28, 2024 Macs, Technology, Updates

Apple has released an update to XProtect Remediator

Apple has just released an update to XProtect Remediator security software for Catalina or later, bringing it to […]

October 16, 2024 Macs, Technology, Updates

Apple has stopped all XProtect updates for macOS Sonoma and earlier

Updating XProtect data has suddenly changed, whichever version of macOS is running. Here are the full details.

September 17, 2024 Macs, Technology, Updates

Apple has released macOS 15.0 Sequoia and security updates to 14.7 and 13.7

As promised last week, Apple has released the upgrade to macOS 15.0 Sequoia, together with security updates to […]

September 16, 2024 Macs, Technology, Updates

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