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October 30, 2024:
Apple releases new software via macOS Software Update:

macOS 15.1 Sequoia Update for macOS 10.12 and later (Update Product ID: 072-12295)

The update addresses many critical security issues in the operating system.

This special branch variant is only designed to update new system models which will become available in November 2024.

October 29, 2024:
Apple releases new software via macOS Software Update:

Safari 18.1 for macOS Sonoma (Update Product ID: 062-70917)
Safari 18.1 for macOS Ventura (Update Product ID: 062-70925)

The updates address many critical security issues in the web browsers.

October 29, 2024:
Apple releases new software via macOS Software Update:

Apple SafeView version 10.3 (Update Product ID: 062-87114)

SafeView 10.3 enables privacy masking for some sensitive content while sharing screens and adds new settings and updated Visualizer links for Shared Settings.

Backend updates
Compatibility upgrade for diagnostics flows
General bug fixes
Enabled privacy masking for some sensitive content during Screen Sharing (AppleCare)
Updated Visualizer links
Added new settings: MMS Messaging and Data Roaming

SafeView is an internal utility that macOS customers can use to share their screens via Internet with service representatives from Apple or AppleCare. It allows remote access for support purposes. This software is not available to the general public.

October 28, 2024:
Apple releases new software via macOS Software Update:

macOS 15.1 Sequoia
macOS 15.1 Sequoia Update for macOS 10.12 and later (Update Product ID: 072-12353)
macOS 14.7.1 Sonoma (Update Product ID: 072-09041)
macOS 13.7.1 Ventura (Update Product ID: 072-09024)
BridgeOS Customer Update 15.1 (Update Product ID: 072-12325)
Command Line Tools for Xcode 16.1 (Update Product ID: 072-09868)

The updates address many critical security issues in the operating systems.

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 you use Xcode, these tools are also embedded within the Xcode IDE.

October 26, 2024:
For technical reasons, new volume licenses for our software products, such as site licenses or global licenses, are temporarily not available. These types of licenses, in particular for our applications NFS Manager and TinkerTool System cannot be purchased at the moment.

We are working on restoring this functionality as quickly as possible. Volume licenses should be available again shortly.

October 17, 2024:
Apple releases new software via macOS Software Update:

Apple Mobile Device Update (Update Product ID: 072-03442)

The update provides macOS support and icons for the iPad mini released in October 2024.

October 16, 2024:
Apple releases new software via macOS Software Update:

Apple XProtect Payloads version 147 (Update Product ID: 072-07878)

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.

October 16, 2024:
We are releasing Sync Checker version 4.2:

Added new features for Sync Checker snapshots. When displaying their contents, it now becomes visible whether inaccessible objects have been omitted during the scan. For snapshots of operating system volumes, version and build numbers are shown.
The internal architecture to process Access Control Lists and macOS property lists has been optimized.
The timing behavior when accessing values from the Open Directory database has been changed. The ensures better performance and avoids possible deadlocks with slow database connections.
Fixed a critical issue when creating Sync Checker snapshot documents from system volumes: A problem with the detection of firmlinks could cause the folders /usr/libexec/, /usr/share/, and /System/Library/ to be omitted from the snapshot.

Sync Checker is a diagnostic application which can check if two folders or volumes are perfectly synchronized, i.e. if they have exactly the same contents. When creating backup copies of valuable files, or when making sure that two computers or mobile devices work on the same set of data, the status of being “in perfect sync” can be very important. In order to be safe and to prevent loss of data, you can let Sync Checker verify whether a pair of file collections is matching exactly or not.

October 15, 2024:
Apple releases new software via macOS Software Update:

Apple XProtect Configuration Data version 5278 for OS X 10.11 to macOS 10.14 (Update Product ID: 072-07876)
Apple XProtect Configuration Data version 5278 for macOS Catalina (Update Product ID: 072-07877)

XProtect is part of the built-in antivirus software of macOS. The package does 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.

October 15, 2024:
We are releasing TinkerTool System 9 version 9.1:

As Apple has now released the official manuals and support documentation for macOS Sequoia, all links in the quick-help feature could be updated and adjusted accordingly.
The Uninstallation Assistant now also deletes the user’s corresponding list of recent documents when removing an application.
Added a workaround for an internal issue of macOS Sequoia which could prevent the Logs feature from opening archived copies of the macOS log database.
The feature to modify the user’s POSIX permission filter is now supported again when the application detects an operating system version which is capable of providing this feature reliably.
The term “Apple Account” has been updated in the reference manuals.
Fixed a problem where the feature to delete a selected Time Machine snapshot from APFS media confirmed a successful removal when actually no operation was performed.

TinkerTool System 9 is a collection of system utility features helping you in performing advanced administration tasks on Apple Macintosh computers.

October 15, 2024:
We are releasing PrefEdit version 5.5:

Because up-to-date versions of macOS may no longer allow to convert documents between different file types via a “Duplicate – Save” sequence, PrefEdit now provides an explicit export feature that permits to choose between XML and binary format for existing property lists.
The internal architecture for document handling was partially rewritten and optimized.

PrefEdit is an application to manage nearly all aspects of the preference system contained in every macOS installation. The program consists of two components which are tightly integrated with each other: (1) An entry point to the preferences database of macOS, with access to all settings which are effective for your user account, (2) a browser and editor for macOS property list files (plists).

October 8, 2024:
Apple releases new software via macOS Software Update:

Apple XProtect Configuration Data version 5277 for OS X 10.11 to macOS 10.14 (Update Product ID: 072-04986)
Apple XProtect Configuration Data version 5277 for macOS Catalina (Update Product ID: 072-04985)

XProtect is part of the built-in antivirus software of macOS. The package does 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.

October 3, 2024:
Apple releases new software via macOS Software Update:

macOS 15.0.1 Sequoia
macOS 15.0.1 Sequoia Update for macOS 10.12 and later (Update Product ID: 072-01382)
Safari 18.0.1 for macOS Sonoma (Update Product ID: 062-88743)
Safari 18.0.1 for macOS Ventura (Update Product ID: 062-89930)
BridgeOS Customer Update 15.0.1 (Update Product ID: 072-01376)

The updates address many technical defects in the operating systems and web browsers.

October 1, 2024:
Apple releases new software via macOS Software Update:

Apple XProtect Configuration Data version 5276 for OS X 10.11 to macOS 10.14 (Update Product ID: 062-97237)
Apple XProtect Configuration Data version 5276 for macOS Catalina (Update Product ID: 062-97238)

XProtect is part of the built-in antivirus software of macOS. The package does 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.

October 1, 2024:
We are releasing TinkerTool System 7 version 7.99.

Added minor changes to enhance support of macOS 12.7.4 and later.
Routine updates in metadata and documentation.

TinkerTool System 7 is a collection of system utility features helping you in performing advanced administration tasks on historic Apple Macintosh computers running macOS 11 or 12.

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