About speculative execution vulnerabilities in ARM-based and Intel CPUs. About the security content of macOS High Sierra 10.13.2 Supplemental Update. About the security content of Safari 11.0.2 builds for OS X 10.11.6 and 10.12.6. About the secur…
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Lees meerApple has released macOS High Sierra 10.13.2 Supplemental Update, along with Safari 11.0.2 for Mac OS X El Capitan 10.11.6 and macOS Sierra 10.12.6. The software updates for Mac aim to help mitigate Meltdown and Spectre security vulnerabilities and …
Lees meerApple has released iOS 11.2.2 for iPhone and iPad. The new software update provides a security improvement to presumably address the Meltdown and Spectre security vulnerabilities, and is therefore recommended for all iPad and iPhone users to install…
Lees meerEver wished you had a native command line in iOS? You know, like a Terminal app for iPad and iPhone? Wish no more, the aptly named Terminal for iOS is here, and it’s free! Terminal is a sandboxed command line environment for iOS that has over 30 com…
Lees meerMeltdown and Spectre: clearing up the confusion. Samsung Unveils "The Wall", First Modular MicroLED 146-inch TV. ASUS 21.6-inch ProArt PQ22UC Professional OLED Monitor (not WOLED). Warner Bros announces support for HDR10+ standard. Firefox 57.0…
Lees meerSF Mono is a really nice monospaced font available to Mac users within Terminal and Xcode, but you may have noticed that SF Mono is not available outside of those two apps. If you’d like to use SF Mono font elsewhere in MacOS and in other Mac apps, …
Lees meerOne way to increase security in the Google Chrome web browser is to enable strict site isolation, which causes each page renderer process to contain pages from only a single site at a time, effectively placing them in a per-site sandbox. Theoretical…
Lees meerTwo major security flaws have been found in modern computer processors, potentially impacting nearly all modern computers in the world. All Macs and iOS devices along with most Windows PC and Android devices are potentially susceptible to the critic…
Lees meerIf you want to show the Mac desktop quickly, the fastest way to do so is often with a keyboard shortcut to reveal the desktop. This approach will push aside all on-screen windows, apps, and other information, and show only the Mac desktop – all with…
Lees meerIs your Mac screen looking strangely orange from Night Shift being stuck on, even during daylight hours when Night Shift should be off? It may be rare and it’s not clear what causes Night Shift to sometimes get stuck enabled on a Mac, but when it do…
Lees meerApple has released beta 3 of iOS 11.2.5, macOS High Sierra 10.13.3, tvOS 11.2.5, and watchOS 4.2.2 for users participating in the beta testing programs. The new beta versions of system software are available now for developers, with public beta rele…
Lees meerApple Developer Program Membership Fee Waivers Now Available (see details). Developer News - Beta 3 of macOS 10.13.3, iOS 11.2.5, tvOS 11.2.5, watchOS 4.2.2. Intel CPU kernel bug FAQ (security flaw). iMac Pro's T2 Chip: What It Is and What It Do…
Lees meerIntel CPUs hit by major hardware security flaw (2 articles). iMac Pro's T2 Chip: What It Is and What It Does (and Apple docs on Secure Boot and Startup Security Utility). Maybe it's time for Apple to spin off the Mac as a separate company (and op…
Lees meerNeed to get the line count of a text file or document? Counting lines of any file is easy at the command line, and the command for line counting is the same in all modern Unix based operating systems, meaning this line counting trick will work the s…
Lees meeriMac Pro's T2 Chip: What It Is and What It Does (and Apple docs on Secure Boot and Startup Security Utility). Maybe it's time for Apple to spin off the Mac as a separate company (and op-ed on an open mac again). New to Mac? Here Are 5 High Sierra…
Lees meerMaybe it's time for Apple to spin off the Mac as a separate company. iMac Pro Review (8-core/64GB RAM/2TB SSD/Vega 64). Apple message to Customers about iPhone Batteries and Performance (w/battery replacement discount for iPhone 6 or later). OWC…
Lees meerAbout encrypted backups in iTunes (which can include saved passwords). iPhone Battery and Performance (new article). How to use target disk mode to move files between two Mac computers. How to use Photos on your Mac. How to use and customize Co…
Lees meerPlextor Launches M9Pe NVMe SSDs. Intel with Radeon RX Vega Graphics: Core i7-8809G (3.1 GHz Base), 100W Target TDP, Overclockable. Firefox 57.0.3 and Firefox ESR 52.5.3 updates (crash reporting bug fix). Dolby Vision/HLG Firmware Update for Yama…
Lees meerIf you’re an extra longtime Mac user, you might remember way back in the 1990s when desktop backgrounds on classic Mac OS versions were tiled images of various textures. This was way back when the idea of setting a single image as wallpaper was a bi…
Lees meerThe iPhone X includes Siri access, the ever helpful (and sometimes goofy) virtual assistant that can perform tons of tasks by issuing simple commands by voice. But if you’re accustomed to accessing Siri by holding down a Home button and now you have…
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