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Apple has released an update to XProtect for all macOS

Overnight, Apple has released its regular weekly update to XProtect, bringing it to version 5338. As usual it […]

April 10, 2026 Macs, Technology, Updates

Apple has just released an update to macOS Tahoe, to version 26.4.1

Apple has just released an update to macOS Tahoe, bringing it to version 26.4.1. Apple’s Enterprise release notes […]

April 9, 2026 Macs, Technology, Updates

Apple has released an update to XProtect for macOS prior to Sequoia

Apple has overnight released its out-of-cycle update to XProtect for macOS prior to Sequoia, bringing it to version […]

April 4, 2026 Macs, Technology, Updates

Apple has released an update to XProtect for Sequoia & Tahoe only

Apple has just released an out-of-cycle update to XProtect for macOS Sequoia and Tahoe only, bringing it to […]

April 3, 2026 Macs, Technology, Updates

Planning for macOS this summer

Looking ahead at likely dates of forthcoming updates to macOS over the next 6 months, when Sonoma loses security support, and the last new versions for Intel Macs. Now is the time to plan.

April 1, 2026 Macs, Technology

Apple has just released an update to XProtect for all macOS

Apple has just released its regular weekly update to XProtect, bringing it to version 5336. As usual it […]

March 31, 2026 Macs, Technology, Updates

Even richer text editing with DelightEd version 2.5

New version can now save default substitutions. including Smart Quotes, Dashes and Links.

March 31, 2026 Macs, Technology, Updates

Why the macOS 26.4 update appears to freeze

For nearly 12 minutes, the progress bar was stuck at 98.6% complete and “about 5 minutes remaining”, and on many older Macs those lasted even longer. Did the update get stuck?

March 30, 2026 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Update progress

Why isn’t the progress bar for macOS updates better? Why can’t it estimate the whole time remaining to complete an update?

March 29, 2026 Macs, Technology

Read the macOS update progress bar

During a macOS update, the progress bar tells you each of the phases as they’re completed. This explains how you can track progress and make more sense of what’s happening.

March 26, 2026 Macs, Technology

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