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Passware’s forensic tool can now crack Macs with Apple’s T2 security chip

Apple’s T2 security chip, impressive as it may be, can now be cracked. A forensic cracking tool developed by Passware can now be used on Macs that incorporate Apple’s T2 chip. Passware provides tools that can crack passwords on PCs and Macs. The latest version of the kit adds support for Windows 11 and macOS Monterey. The […]

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Apple releases macOS Monterey 12.2.1 update, chases after Bluetooth/battery drain issue

Apple on Thursday released macOS Monterey 12.2.1. The update, a 1.04 gigabyte download, adds the following fixes and changes: Important security updates and fixes an issue for Intel-based Mac computers that may cause the battery to drain during sleep when connected to Bluetooth peripherals. The update looks to chase down a bug that caused batteries […]

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Some users cite complete Bluetooth-based overnight battery drain following macOS Monterey 12.2 update

Well, this is why they have follow up updates after major releases. It’s also sort of a mess. Following the update to macOS Monterey 12.2, a number of users have reported issues with their Bluetooth in which their Mac battery life goes from 100 percent to 0 percent overnight. Since Apple released the public beta […]

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Apple confirms deprecation of kernel extensions under macOS 12.3 beta that could affect Dropbox and Microsoft OneDrive performance

This could be a bit of a mess. Following Apple’s seeding of the first beta for its macOS Monterey 12.3 operating system to the developer community for testing, in its released notes, the company confirmed that it has deprecated kernel extensions used by Dropbox and Microsoft OneDrive and notes that both cloud storage services have […]

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Apple releases macOS Monterey 12.2, macOS Big Sur 11.6.3, macOS Catalina Security Update 2022-1

Apple on Wednesday released macOS Monterey 12.2, the second major update to its macOS Monterey operating system. ‌macOS Monterey‌ 12.2 is a bug fix update, and Apple’s release notes have no information other than generic bug fix information. We don’t yet have a full list of security updates, but we do know that ‌macOS Monterey‌ […]