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Standard users can upgrade macOS

Before macOS 12.3, upgrades and updates were different, and only admin users could authenticate the installation of an upgrade to macOS. Now even standard users can, as explained here.

December 19, 2025 Macs, Technology

Apple has released an update to XProtect for all macOS

Apple has just released an update to XProtect, bringing it to version 5325. As usual, it doesn’t release […]

December 16, 2025 Macs, Technology, Updates

Why was the 26.2 update much larger for some than others?

Some who updated to 26.2 reported their downloads were over 10 GB in size, rather than the expected 3.78 GB for Apple silicon Macs. Why was that, and why didn’t Apple release an earlier BSI?

December 16, 2025 Macs, Technology

What has changed in macOS Tahoe 26.2?

A largely routine update, with a few interesting new features such as Edge Light, a security enhancement to AirDrop, and two important security fixes that have already been exploited in iOS.

December 12, 2025 Macs, Technology, Updates

Apple has released macOS 26.2 Tahoe, and security updates to Sequoia 15.7.3 and Sonoma 14.8.3

Apple has just released the update to bring macOS Tahoe to version 26.2, and security updates to Sequoia […]

December 12, 2025 Macs, Technology, Updates

Apple has released an update to XProtect for all macOS

Apple has just released an update to XProtect, bringing it to version 5324. As usual, it doesn’t release […]

December 10, 2025 Macs, Technology, Updates

Hunting extended attributes with an update to xattred

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Fixes a crashing bug when using its Crawler feature. Analysis of provenance xattrs confirms they can be useful in providing more information about files.

December 10, 2025 Macs, Technology, Updates

Textovert 1.1 can now convert PDF files to other formats

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Now additionally offers conversion of PDF files to plain text, RTF, HTML, Word doc and docx, Safari Web Archive and other formats.

December 1, 2025 Macs, Technology, Updates

Textovert 1.0: a convenient wrapper for text conversion

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Drag and drop files you want to convert to a different format, and Textovert will call textutil to do that for you. Quick, simple and convenient.

November 25, 2025 Macs, Technology, Updates

Apple has released an update to XProtect for all macOS

Apple has just released its regular weekly update to XProtect, bringing it to version 5323. As usual, it […]

November 10, 2025 Macs, Technology, Updates

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