Is the DetectX App part of the Operating system?

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Timoyan Author

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Is the DetectX App part of the Operating system?

Is the DetectX App part of the Operating system? never used it so far.

Any recomendations?

MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 11.5

Posted on Sep 5, 2021 7:11 AM

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BDAqua

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Sep 5, 2021 8:42 AM in response to Timoyan

No it is not...

DetectX is the troubleshooting tool for your Mac. The only troubleshooting app that runs on every version of OS X from 2011 to present and that allows you to: 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.

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BDAqua

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Sep 6, 2021 10:57 AM in response to Timoyan

Oh yes, Apple's is completely different, Apple's is XProtect...

Protecting against malware in macOS - Apple Support

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BDAqua

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Sep 6, 2021 8:39 AM in response to Timoyan

DetectX – sqwarq | security for your mac

More info...

MacBlog - Managing Macs at Scale

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Timoyan Author

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Sep 6, 2021 10:49 AM in response to BDAqua

Hm????

That is kind of Strange, The www.detectX.com

ist not recognised by Safari.

The link you have showed in you reply is pointing to a different domain https://sqwarq.com/detectx/ That raises a Red Flag 🚩 to me. All searches I have done for detectX are connected with some kind of warnings. No thanks.

I guess there is a big difference between the Apple XDetect vs. yours conectX

Anyways am not convinced with your recommendation.

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Timoyan Author

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Sep 6, 2021 6:23 AM in response to Timoyan

Okay, Thanks for the info, can you please explain where I can download this DetectX App? I can't find it in the Apple store

thanks

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