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Apple’s Tim Cook assures employees that it is committed to the Mac and that ‘great desktops’ are coming

One of the memes to come out of the somewhat contentious rollout of the MacBook Pro is that Apple has given up on the desktop Mac. Given the slower upgrade cycle of desktops and how well my Retina 5K

Dropbox responds to accusations its Mac desktop client hacks OS X security

Dropbox has responded to concerns about how it implements the desktop client of its cloud storage service on Apple's macOS platform, conceding it needs to do more to communicate how the integration fu

Apple patches zero-day vulnerabilities in Safari and OS X

The apparently government-sponsored hackery aimed at activist Ahmed Mansoor last week prompted a quick response from Apple, with a patch for iOS arriving the day of the news. Turns out the three (!) z

Microsoft open sources PowerShell, brings it to Linux and OS X

Microsoft today announced that it is open sourcing PowerShell and bringing it to Linux and OS X. PowerShell is Microsoft’s command line shell for Windows power users, as well as an extensible sc

Accessibility was all around this year’s WWDC

Accessibility, conceptually, is much more than just the discrete "accessibility options for people with disabilities". At its heart, accessibility is about just that: access. You don't need to have a

A one word review of macOS Sierra

Hi! That new macOS X Sierra thing is almost out! There are so many new cool features. You can talk to your computer in humanish language. You can pay for stuff with your iPhone because if you have a

An early look at macOS Sierra

macOS Sierra is Apple's latest version of its operating system for the Mac. While the final version will only be available in the fall, I've been playing around with the first beta for the past few da

Your iOS 10 notifications will be a lot more useful and relevant. And gifs!

At its Worldwide Developer Conference this week, Apple is releasing a bunch of updates to notifications and the way that developers are able to present them to the user in iOS 10. They’re about to g

Apple will require HTTPS connections for iOS apps by the end of 2016

During a security presentation at Apple's Worldwide Developers' Conference, the company revealed the deadline for all apps in its App Store to switch on an important security feature called App Transp

What Apple’s differential privacy means for your data and the future of machine learning

Apple is stepping up its artificial intelligence efforts in a bid to keep pace with rivals who have been driving full-throttle down a machine learning-powered AI superhighway, thanks to their liberal

Apple launches iMessage Apps so third-party devs can join your convos

At today's WWDC Keynote, Apple swung open the gates for developers. Not only has the company opened up Siri to third-party developers, but it's also letting third-party devs into sacred space: message

OS X is now macOS and gets support for Siri, auto unlock and more

If Apple's naming scheme was starting to bother you (with iOS, tvOS and watchOS working under different naming rules from OS X), fret no more. As the company announced today, OS X is getting a new nam

Opera’s power-saving mode lands in its stable release channel

A few weeks ago, Opera announced a new feature for its browser on Windows and OS X that aims to make the batteries in your laptop last longer. Until now, this feature was only available in Opera&#821

The next version of OS X could be called ‘MacOS’

It’s a small branding change, but it would make a lot of sense. Many different signs point to Apple abandoning the name “OS X” in favor of “MacOS”, or maybe “macOS” without a capital let

Apple has shut down the first fully-functional Mac OS X ransomware

Apple has shut down what appears to have been the first, fully-functional ransomware targeting Mac computers. This particular form of cyber threat involves malware that encrypts the data on your perso

Apple Releases iOS And OS X Updates With Bug Fixes And Performance Improvements

Apple just released two software updates for Mac, iPhone and iPad. These are minor software updates focusing mostly and bug fixes, security fixes and performance improvements. On the Mac, OS X 10.11.3

OS X El Capitan Review: Apple Brings Welcome Snow To Yosemite

Mac users fondly remember OS X Snow Leopard and Mountain Lion. These two releases were the epitome of Apple's best work on OS X. Two rock solid iterations that were all about refinements, performance

OS X El Capitan Now Available To Download

Apple has just released OS X 10.11 El Capitan. The update is now rolling out to eligible Mac devices. It's available in the <a target="_blank" href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/os-x-el-capitan/id1

iOS 9 And OS X El Capitan Are Now Available To All As Public Betas

As announced at WWDC last month, Apple is making a beta of its newly updated mobile operating system, iOS 9, available to the general public for testing starting today, alongside the beta version of

Tweetbot 2.0 Secures Its Reputation As The Best Twitter Client For Mac

Third-party Twitter client Tweetbot, from two-man development studio Tapbots, has long been the unofficial default option for iOS and Mac users who weren’t satisfied with first-party clients, da
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