Blog - Archived Entries - January 2021
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January 27, 2021:
Apple releases new software via macOS Software Update:
- Safari Technology Preview version 119 (Update Product IDs: 001-97794, 001-97805)
- Command Line Tools for Xcode 12.4 (Update Product ID: 001-89745)
Safari Technology Preview allows users to get a sneak peek at upcoming web technologies in macOS and experiment with these technologies in websites and extensions.
The Command Line Tools enable UNIX-style development via Terminal by installing command line developer tools, as well as macOS SDK frameworks and headers. Many useful tools are included, such as the Apple LLVM compiler, linker, and Make. If Xcode is installed, these tools are also embedded within the Xcode IDE.
January 25, 2021:
Apple releases new software via macOS Software Update:
- Apple XProtect Configuration Data version 2138 (Update Product ID: 001-97776)
- Apple XProtect Configuration Data for OS X El Capitan or later, version 2138 (Update Product ID: 001-97776)
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.
January 22, 2021:
Apple releases new software via macOS Software Update:
- Allow List for Macintosh firmware security checks (“EFI Check”), version 104 (Update Product ID: 001-86456)
Security-related packages do 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.
We are releasing TinkerTool System 6 version 6.96:
- Communication with slow components of macOS in the background could sometimes be misinterpreted as alleged “hang” of the application. To avoid this, many user interface elements to control features of Time Machine, Spotlight, and CUPS have been changed over to asynchronous behavior. TinkerTool System will no longer wait for immediate response of macOS, but temporarily disable the affected controls until the corresponding operations have completed.
- This version fixes a problem with the creation of install media where installer apps of macOS 11 could be shown as invalid after such an app had been launched and quit in the same user login session.
TinkerTool System 6 is a collection of system utility features helping you in performing advanced administration tasks on Apple Macintosh computers.
We are releasing TinkerTool System 7 version 7.11:
- Due to major performance problems and critical errors in Apple’s Time Machine interface for third-party applications, support for all features managing network-based backups has been disabled. (Disk-based backups are not affected.) The features are planned to be reinstated again as soon as this macOS component will work correctly in future versions of the operating system.
- Communication with slow components of macOS in the background could sometimes be misinterpreted as alleged “hang” of the application. To avoid this, many user interface elements to control features of Time Machine, Spotlight, and CUPS have been changed over to asynchronous behavior. TinkerTool System will no longer wait for immediate response of macOS, but temporarily disable the affected controls until the corresponding operations have completed.
- The list of known defects in the startup jobs of macOS 11.1 has been updated.
- This version fixes a problem with the creation of install media where installer apps of macOS 11 could be shown as invalid after such an app had been launched and quit in the same user login session.
TinkerTool System 7 is a collection of system utility features helping you in performing advanced administration tasks on Apple Macintosh computers.
Apple releases new software via macOS Software Update:
- Safari Technology Preview version 118 (Update Product IDs: 001-92141, 001-92172)
Safari Technology Preview allows users to get a sneak peek at upcoming web technologies in macOS and experiment with these technologies in websites and extensions.