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Apple has released an update to XProtect for all versions of macOS, bringing it to version 5344. Version 5343 doesn’t appear to have been released. As usual it doesn’t release information about what security issues this update might address.

This version makes minor amendments to the Yara rules for MACOS.SHEEPSWAP.OBF.C, MACOS.SHEEPSWAP.OBFE.COMMON and MACOS.ADLOAD. Th...


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Many of the great buildings, their friezes and statues of classical times, and in the Middle Ages, were painted, a practice known as polychrome. This article looks at some more modern examples made by those who also painted flat surfaces.


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Following yesterday’s surprise about syncing of extended attributes via iCloud Drive, this article summarises what does and does not get synced in iCloud Drive in macOS Tahoe.

Attributes and data

File attributes are generally syn...


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The update bringing macOS Tahoe to version 26.5 is modest in size and, apart from its security fixes, seems largely routine maintenance.

The only release notes worth reading are those listing vulnerabilities fixed, available here. Among the 69 listed there are 9 in the kern...


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Apple has released the update to bring macOS Tahoe to version 26.5, and security updates for Sequoia and Sonoma to bring them to 15.7.7 and 14.8.7.

If you were expecting 15.7.6 or 14.8.6, then you’ll be as surprised as I was that Apple appears to have skipped those and gone straight on to x.x.7. I haven’t seen any explanation for this curious change in version numberin...


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