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July 25, 2023:
Apple re-releases new software via macOS Software Update:

Safari 16.6 for macOS Big Sur (Update Product ID: 042-23145)

The update addresses critical security issues.

July 24, 2023:
Apple releases new software via macOS Software Update:

macOS 13.5 Ventura
macOS 13.5 Ventura Update for macOS 10.12 and later (Update Product ID: 032-69593)
macOS 11.7.9 Big Sur (Update Product ID: 042-14707)
macOS 12.6.8 Monterey (Update Product ID: 042-15015)
BridgeOS Customer Update 13.5 (Update Product ID: 032-69604)
Safari 16.6 for macOS Big Sur (Update Product ID: 042-18030)

The updates address critical security issues in the operating systems and their Safari web browsers.

July 20, 2023:
Apple releases new software via macOS Software Update:

Apple XProtect Payloads version 105 (Update Product ID: 042-16954)

XProtect is part of the built-in antivirus software of macOS. The package does not appear in the Software Update section of System Preferences (or App Store in older versions of the operating system). macOS is updating the software automatically in the background if you have granted the system permission to download system data files and security-related files.

July 18, 2023:
Apple releases new software via macOS Software Update:

Apple Pro Video Formats version 2.2.6 (Update Product ID: 032-27901)

The Pro Video Formats package provides support for the following codecs that are used in professional video workflows:

Apple ProRes RAW and ProRes RAW HQ (requires Mac with Metal support)
Apple Intermediate Codec
Avid DNxHD® / DNxHR® decoder
AVC-Intra 50 / 100 / 200 / 4:4:4 / LT
AVC-LongG
XAVC
XF-AVC
XF-HEVC
DVCPRO HD
HDV
XDCAM EX / HD / HD422
MPEG IMX
Uncompressed 4:2:2

July 14, 2023:
Apple re-releases new software via macOS Software Update:

Safari 16.5.2 for macOS Big Sur (Update Product ID: 042-15041)

The update addresses very critical security issues and fixes problems created by the previous update from July 10.

July 12, 2023:
We are releasing TinkerTool System 8 version 8.8:

Added new feature to change the time specifications for file system objects. This includes, if available, time of last modification, last access, last backup, and the creation time. The time of last status change is shown additionally.
Added new feature to support the revised beta test procedures of macOS. On the Info pane, the indicator Release Status on the Operation Environment page was replaced by a System Update Source field.
Added new field for idle latency in the results of the macOS network responsiveness test.
Added further support for future operating systems.
Many small changes in the user interface reflecting new developments in macOS.
Fixed a problem where the Finder copy operation checks could not be run, because macOS prevented it.

TinkerTool System 8 is a collection of system utility features helping you in performing advanced administration tasks on Apple Macintosh computers.

July 10, 2023:
Apple releases new software via macOS Software Update:

Safari 16.5.2 for macOS Big Sur (Update Product ID: 042-14628)

The update addresses very critical security issues.

July 10, 2023:
Apple releases software via macOS Software Update:

Allow List for Macintosh firmware security checks (“EFI Check”), version 139 (Update Product ID: 032-78848)

Security-related packages do not appear in the Software Update section of System Settings. macOS is updating the software automatically in the background if you have granted the system permission to download system data files and security-related files.

July 6, 2023:
Apple releases new software via macOS Software Update:

Apple XProtect Configuration Data version 2169 for OS X 10.11 to macOS 10.14 (Update Product ID: 042-10853)
Apple XProtect Configuration Data version 2169 for macOS Catalina (Update Product ID: 042-10854)

XProtect is part of the built-in antivirus software of macOS. The package does not appear in the Software Update section of System Preferences (or App Store in older versions of the operating system). macOS is updating the software automatically in the background if you have granted the system permission to download system data files and security-related files.

July 5, 2023:
We are releasing Mac Power Monitor version 2.2:

Support for the new architecture of macOS 13 to control privileged operations has been reinstated. Due to limitations of macOS 13, some operating system versions may require a restart of the computer during the very first launch of Mac Power Monitor.
Added new feature to detect if the application is running in a Virtual Machine based on Apple Hypervisor. Monitor options not working in this mode are automatically disabled.
Added new feature to remove outdated versions of the security component of previous releases of Mac Power Monitor.
Added preliminary support for future versions of macOS.

Mac Power Monitor is a graphical, easy-to-use interface for the energy and power measuring features of macOS.

July 1, 2023:
We are releasing Backup Server Control version 2.91:

This update fixes a communication problem that could result in the list of backup sets being incomplete or empty depending on the number of backup clients and the speed of the server.

Backup Server Control provides a graphical user interface to setup and administer a server for network-based Time Machine® backups with a few mouse clicks on a Macintosh®. Other Macs running macOS Sierra or later can perform backups on the Time Machine server. The current status of network backups can be reviewed any time.

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