Those still running Mojave and earlier must now be looking anxiously at what the future holds for both MRT and XProtect. It has grown from 7 executable modules in version 2 to 12 in the current release. XProtect Remediator has been the centre of attention: since it was updated to version 62 on 17 June, it has had a further three updates to reach 67 on 21 July. At present, Apple hasn’t provided any version of that new suite of tools to run on macOS earlier than Catalina. That’s most probably because Apple has shifted emphasis to a new set of tools in XProtect Remediator, which appear set to take over from MRT most likely with the release of Ventura. XProtect was last updated to version 2161 on 30 June, and may well see another update before September, but MRT hasn’t been updated since 29 April, when it reached 1.93. This year is likely to be different, though, as those are in the midst of change. The next scheduled macOS updates are most likely to coincide with the release of Ventura, and should consist of 12.6 and 11.6.9, both pure security updates.Īlthough Apple runs its security engineering teams 24/7, August is also usually a quieter period for significant updates to bundled protection tools. If your Mac can be upgraded to Big Sur or later, this is the time to plan that move. However, Catalina Security Update 2022-005 is likely to be its last as it slips into a quiet retirement. If you’re intending to remain on Monterey for the time being, or to upgrade to it, now’s a good time to schedule that.įor those remaining on Big Sur, the update to 11.6.8 also brought plenty of fixes for vulnerabilities. Although it still didn’t address a remaining serious memory leak, as far as I can see all other serious bugs have now been addressed, together with another fifty security vulnerabilities. If all goes according to plan, macOS 12.5 will be the last update to Monterey containing general bug fixes and enhanced features. This is the ideal chance to catch up before the pace picks up again in September.Ī week ago Apple released its latest round of updates to supported versions of macOS. Over the last few months, much has changed in Mac security. Apart from those Apple engineers still working hard to get Ventura and other new operating systems ready for release in the autumn/fall, all goes quiet. Release notes were unavailable when this listing was updated.It’s now the ‘silly season’ in the northern hemisphere, that period of a month or more when most people are away from the office.For convenience, you can review all logs, individual logs or just a list of changes. Analyse and Diagnose: – The History View keeps logs of all the Inspector’s runs and allows you or a technical adviser to analyse and diagnose what changes occurred on your mac.The Inspector runs automatically on launch and whenever you manually use the ‘Record’ function in the Inspector View. Stay Informed: – DetectX warns you when 3rd party applications, processes or files are added or removed to crucial areas of your mac that may impact performance.There are generally three categories of things the Detector searches for: commercial apps with hidden executables, adware and keyloggers. Fix problems: – Use the Detector View to find and trash the hidden and not-so-hidden files belonging to apps and processes that can be responsible for performance problems.The only troubleshooting app that runs on every version of OS X from 2011 to present and that allows you to: DetectX is the troubleshooting tool for your Mac.
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