How SilentKnight came about, and how it knows – most of the time – which version of XProtect and other security data your Mac should be using.
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Has Apple inadvertently released the full installer for macOS Sequoia 15.7.5? It’s only available as a full installer, not an update, but it’s real.
Overnight, Apple released an update to XProtect, bringing it to version 5332. As usual, it doesn’t release information […]
What to do when you know there’s an update available, but Software Update pretends that it can’t find it. With details of undocumented options for softwareupdate command and more.
Apple has released an update to macOS Tahoe bringing it to version 26.3.1. This adds support for its […]
If you are testing beta-releases of macOS 26.4 Tahoe on Apple silicon Macs, please use this new build of SilentKnight, version 2.12 build 61, as it shouldn’t crash.
How macOS 26.2 updated to 26.3, variation in download sizes, how macOS works out free space requirements to proceed with the update, and its sequence of stages run by a finite state machine.
When the architecture of macOS switched to the Signed System Volume in Big Sur, it brought major changes in how macOS is updated, as detailed here.
New version adds more detail to the list of log files, and a new graphical view to pick out anomalies in up to 6 weeks of previous log records.
Apple has just released an update to XProtect, bringing it to version 5331. As usual, it doesn’t release […]
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