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Which version of SilentKnight and other apps do you need?

If you’re running any version of SilentKnight before 2.10, you need to update it now for compatibility with Catalina and later, particularly for Sequoia. And there are more essential updates too.

September 6, 2024 Macs, Technology, Updates

Updating macOS with an Installer and in Recovery

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If you want to update or install macOS differently from what is offered in Software Update, here are the options, and what each is best for.

September 5, 2024 Macs, Technology

Apple has just released an update to XProtect Remediator

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

September 3, 2024 Macs, Technology, Updates

Last Week on my Mac: XProtect tormentor

At first, I thought the new XProtect version should be 5272, but some updated without that version changing. Then I stumbled across a secret way to update. Not a good omen for the release of Sequoia.

September 1, 2024 Macs, Technology

Advanced SilentKnight: updating macOS and avoiding updates

How SilentKnight can install macOS updates, up to a point, and how you can recover from an inadvertent download of a macOS update.

August 30, 2024 Macs, Technology

Apple has just released an update to XProtect

Apple has just released an update to XProtect for all versions of macOS from El Capitan or so, […]

August 28, 2024 Macs, Technology, Updates

Apple has just released an update to XProtect Remediator

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

August 20, 2024 Macs, Technology, Updates

How to install a Combo update of recent macOS?

Explanations of how macOS updates work, and their differences between minor updates for Catalina and Sonoma.

August 19, 2024 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Lost Force Click

On my Magic Trackpad, Force Click vanished. As it had recently updated its firmware, it looked like that update had caused the problem, although that no longer makes sense. Does your Magic Trackpad have the same problem?

August 18, 2024 Macs, Technology

A proposed new interface for SilentKnight 3

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After a batch of new MacBook Pros were delivered with SIP disabled: LockRattler (December 2016), EFIcienC then SilentKnight (July 2019), and here’s what version 3 should look like.

August 17, 2024 Macs, Technology

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