On my MacBook Air (2020, Intel) running MacOS 15.0, unable to update XProtect to 5275. In terminal, sudo XProtect update says MBA is up to date when running 5272.
MacBook Air 13″, macOS 15.0
Sequoia changed the way XProtect receives the updates.
For in depth details, see The Eclectic Light Company blog
There is a new 'xprotect' command line tool.
sudo xprotect --help
OVERVIEW: A utility for working with XProtect.
USAGE: xprotect <subcommand>
OPTIONS:
-h, --help Show help information.
SUBCOMMANDS:
update perform an XProtect update
logs display XProtect logs
version print the XProtect update version
check print the currently available XProtect update
status print the status of the XProtect subsystem
See 'xprotect help <subcommand>' for detailed help.
sudo xprotect check
Current update: date: 2024-08-28 19:55:39 +0000 version: 5272
sudo xprotect update
Current update: date: 2024-08-28 19:55:39 +0000 version: 5272
Starting update.
Update succeeded: Activated update LocalUpdate[5275]
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