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Apple has released an update to XProtect for all macOS

Overnight, Apple released an update to XProtect, bringing it to version 5332. As usual, it doesn’t release information […]

March 5, 2026 Macs, Technology, Updates

What can you do when Software Update can’t?

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.

March 5, 2026 Macs, Technology

Apple has released macOS Tahoe 26.3.1

Apple has released an update to macOS Tahoe bringing it to version 26.3.1. This adds support for its […]

March 4, 2026 Macs, Technology, Updates

New build of SilentKnight 2.12 for Tahoe 26.4 beta testers

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.

March 4, 2026 Macs, Technology, Updates

How macOS 26 Tahoe updates 1

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.

March 2, 2026 Macs, Technology

Explainer: macOS updates

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.

February 28, 2026 Macs, Technology

Lost in the log? Here’s Logistician 1.1

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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.

February 27, 2026 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 5331. As usual, it doesn’t release […]

February 24, 2026 Macs, Technology, Updates

Firmware updates for macOS Tahoe, Sequoia and Sonoma

Details of new firmware versions for iMac 2019 models, those with T2 or Apple silicon chips. And how Apple assigns version numbers to iBoot.

February 18, 2026 Macs, Technology

Apple has just released updates to XProtect and XProtect Remediator

Apple has just released updates to XProtect for all supported versions of macOS, bringing it to version 5330, […]

February 17, 2026 Macs, Technology, Updates

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