The rules of firmware updating explained, and their consequences for each type of Mac. How to refresh firmware on a T2, and how to downgrade it in an Apple silicon Mac.
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Over its year as the current version of macOS, how big were Monterey’s updates? Did they improve over those of Big Big Sur, and make updating any easier?
Apple has just pushed its regular fortnightly update to XProtect Remediator security software for Macs running Catalina or […]
In Monterey, the size of macOS updates has been steadily shrinking. Ventura brings RSRs, which should be small patches to fix security bugs without fuss. Here are the details.
Short explanations of all the information reported in SilentKnight, and its command line equivalent silnite.
Apple has just pushed an update to XProtect Remediator security software for Macs running Catalina or later, bringing […]
New feature: run anti-malware scans when you want, and inspect their reports straight afterwards.
John clicked on the wrong email, and suspected something malicious. From there on, nothing went right. He couldn’t even check macOS protection. A salutary tale.
Alongside iOS 16, Apple has just released security updates to Monterey, bringing it to version 12.6, and Big […]
Is the next Apple Event in October, for the release of Ventura, and maybe more Apple silicon Macs? What’s going to be missing from macOS 13, and what happens to Catalina now?
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