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Why is my Mac’s Gatekeeper data so out of date?

When you check the version of Gatekeeper data on a new Mac, why should it show one which was pushed by Apple nearly 5 years ago for El Capitan?

March 6, 2021 Macs, Technology

Apple has pushed updates to XProtect and MRT

Apple has just pushed two updates, to the data files used by XProtect, bringing its version number to […]

March 4, 2021 Macs, Technology, Updates

What has changed in macOS, and why it matters

Users need to know what changes in each update to macOS, as it may fix existing bugs and introduce new ones. Here’s how I work out what has changed, and its limitations.

March 2, 2021 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Users are losing out against Big Sur’s sealed System

macOS 11.2, 11.2.1 and 11.2.2 have come in quick succession. What do they tell us about how difficult it is to update Big Sur’s sealed System volume? Is this the way to go?

February 28, 2021 Macs, Technology

Apple has released Big Sur 11.2.2, an urgent fix for some MBP and MBA models (updated)

Apple has just released an update to Big Sur, bringing it to version 11.2.2. This is an urgent […]

February 25, 2021 Macs, Technology, Updates

More App Store update problems

When the App Store keeps refusing to install an update, there’s a limited range of solutions. Sometimes the traditional fix works best.

February 24, 2021 Macs, Technology

Apple has pushed updates to XProtect and MRT

Overnight (UTC) Apple has pushed two updates, to the data files used by XProtect, bringing its version number […]

February 23, 2021 Macs, Technology, Updates

Check whether your Mac’s sudo is vulnerable with Mints 1.1

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Now checks whether the sudo vulnerability has been patched, and improves Spotlight search testing too.

February 22, 2021 Macs, Technology, Updates

Updating external disks and 1 True Recovery on an M1 Mac

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How you might be able to update an external bootable disk, errors you can encounter, and how can you use 1 True Recovery?

February 17, 2021 Macs, Technology

Full release of Mints 1.0 is now available, and diagnoses Big Sur’s Spotlight bug

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Adds further features to diagnose Spotlight indexing and search problems. First full release at last.

February 15, 2021 Macs, Technology, Updates

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