MacOS Big Sur 11.3.1 Released, Fixes WebKit Vulnerabilities

Epic v. Apple, Day 1

Jason Snell, quoting Tim Cook: The App Store and other parts of Apple are not cast in concrete. And so we can move and are flexible with the times. Nick Statt, Ben Brody, and David Pierce: On Monday, Apple and Epic Games will meet in court to decide…

macOS 11.3.1

Mr. Macintosh (also: MacRumors): Surprise!!! Apple just a new macOS Big Sur 11.3.1 Update. The release comes only one week after 11.3. Apple: Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. Apple is aware of …

SuperDuper 3.5 Beta 1

Dave Nanian (tweet): As such, we can finally release a Beta that works as expected on both Intel Macs (now) and M1 Macs (assuming you have installed 11.4 Beta 1 or later). To be clear, this is only possible because Apple made it possible in macOS 11…

EU and Australia on App Store Antitrust

Tom Warren (MacRumors, Hacker News): The European Commission is issuing antitrust charges against Apple over concerns about the company’s App Store practices. The Commission has found that Apple has broken EU competition rules with its App Store pol…

Video Entertainment I Have Enjoyed During the Pandemic

After the decade long year we just had, I wanted to appreciate how good the escapism TV has been for me. There has been some dynamite TV and YouTube. Some of these predated the pandemic but I wonderful for a rewatch. Netflix Altered Carbon (scifi) T…

GSE356 Knock on Wood

On episode 356 of Geekiest Show Ever, we talk to Bob Wood of ThinkBob.com. Bob is also President of the Tucson Macintosh Users Group The post GSE356 Knock on Wood appeared first on MyMac.com.

SeaTurtle (Sponsor)

My thanks to Oak Snow Consulting for sponsoring the blog this week. Do you want to teach your kids to program? Help them take their first steps with SeaTurtle, a turtle graphics–oriented programming language built for macOS. SeaTurtle is an extremel…

TechFan Podcast 455 – FFS Apple…

Tim Robertson and David Cohen discuss the big problems with Apple’s Podcast app, Amazon responsibility for products they sell, consumer advocacy, and much more.  The post TechFan Podcast 455 – FFS Apple… appeared first on MyMac.com.

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The Internal Combustion Engine

Techdirt: ‘Disney Got Itself an “If You Own a Themepark…” Carveout From Florida’s Blatantly Unconstitutional Social Media Moderation Bill’

Protocol Previews Next Week’s Epic Games v. Apple Court Case

Apple Outlines iMac Retail Availability

Techdirt: ‘Disney Got Itself an “If You Own a Themepark…” Carveout From Florida’s Blatantly Unconstitutional Social Media Moderation Bill’

The Talk Show: ‘The Sour Grapes Commission’

Hello Weather

Roku-YouTube Dispute Escalates

Flu Has Disappeared Worldwide During the COVID Pandemic

Eagerness to Receive Johnson & Johnson Vaccine

Apple Developer Tools Memory Lane

Dave Verwer: I lost about two hours yesterday to this tweet from Davide Di Stefano. Xcode 2 was the first version I used, but this video of Xcode 3 from Kevin Vinck took me on a delightful trip down memory lane, which ended in finding this YouTube c…