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On the eve of Sierra: macOS security is now central

In the last three weeks, Apple has had to push out 6 sets of silent security updates. This is unprecedented and sets the goal for Sierra to be more secure.

September 19, 2016 Macs, Technology

Apple pushes silent protection updates

In the last day or so, Apple has pushed out three silent updates to the hidden security protection […]

September 17, 2016 Macs, Technology

Blocked kernel extensions

Detailed listing of the kernel extensions which are blocked automatically by El Capitan’s XProtect system.

August 4, 2016 Macs, Technology

Banned browser extensions

XProtect also protects your Mac from many adware and other unwanted Safari extensions. Here is the list, and details of them.

August 2, 2016 Macs, Technology

What malware does XProtect you against?

An analysis of the malware which XProtect currently should protect your Mac from.

July 25, 2016 Macs, Technology

Apple updates security and protection settings

In the last couple of days, Apple has pushed out silent updates to three of the security and […]

July 10, 2016 Macs, Technology

Apple updates XProtect to block Flash Player before 22.0.0.192

Overnight, Apple has pushed out an update to its XProtect blocking list. This now blocks all versions of […]

June 21, 2016 General, Macs, Technology

Apple has updated XProtect to block Flash prior to 21.0.0.242

Apple has updated overnight the XProtect security settings on Macs running OS X 10.11 El Capitan, to block […]

May 19, 2016 Macs, Technology

Silent night: El Capitan’s security settings files

Details of the undocumented settings files which Apple may update silently, but control your Mac’s security and other features.

May 4, 2016 Macs, Technology

A panacea for El Capitan problems: applying the latest Combo updater

Installing a Combo update of OS X is a popular panacea for puzzling problems. But you need to do a bit more to complete the job.

May 2, 2016 Macs, Technology

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