Explanations of how macOS updates work, and their differences between minor updates for Catalina and Sonoma.
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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?
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.
How has the System changed in numbers since Mojave? Why has the number of kernel extensions risen since their deprecation? Why so many Private Frameworks?
How large were Sonoma’s updates? How many were unscheduled patches? Why were there no RSRs? What does Sequoia hold in store?
Update adds two new datestamp fields, and gives decimal seconds in times. Use this app to explore how macOS sets those on files, as shown.
While other Macs had happily updated XProtect’s data in the normal way, my Sequoia beta system told me it was out of date, and refused to find an updater. Then I recalled an old tweet.
How to update XProtect from a version number of 0 to 5271 in a single command, with the aid of a new version of SilentKnight.
Sequoia doesn’t use previous tools to update and maintain XProtect, so causes havoc with apps like Skint and SilentKnight. Two updates should help.
Apple has just released patch updates to bring macOS Sonoma to version 14.6.1, and Ventura to 13.6.9. There’s […]
