Juli Clover (Hacker News): [A] maliciously crafted image could lead to arbitrary code execution, allowing a hacker to gain access to the operating system with a simple picture. […] As reported by Citizen Lab, the vulnerabilities are part of a “BLAST…
Lees meerJuli Clover (release notes, security, full installer, IPSW): macOS Ventura 13.5.2 focuses on minor bug fixes and security improvements, and it does not include any notable new features. See also: Mr. Macintosh and Howard Oakley. Previously: BLASTPAS…
Lees meerJuli Clover (release notes, security): The launch of iOS 16.6.1 comes over a month after the release of iOS 16.6, an update that brought bug fixes. Previously: BLASTPASS macOS 13.5.2 iOS 16.6 and iPadOS 16.6
Lees meerMatt Massicotte: A suite of performance tests for macOS text viewsEvery year, I check in on TextKit 2 to see how things are going. It was introduced in macOS 12, and I found it basically unusable. With macOS 13 it was better, but still rough. So far…
Lees meerTN3155: To test your universal links behavior, paste a link into your Notes app and long-press it (iOS) or control-click it (macOS) to see your options for following the link. If universal links have been configured correctly, the option to open in …
Lees meerMozilla (via Dan Gillmor, Hacker News): Car makers have been bragging about their cars being “computers on wheels” for years to promote their advanced features. However, the conversation about what driving a computer means for its occupants’ privacy…
Lees meerJeff Johnson: To put it simply, if you haven’t visited Twitter in the past 7 days, then Safari will automatically delete your Twitter settings, including your font size, color scheme, and timeline behavior![…]On macOS, enable “Show Develop menu in m…
Lees meerEuropean Commission (Hacker News): The European Commission has today designated, for the first time, six gatekeepers - Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, ByteDance, Meta, Microsoft - under the Digital Markets Act (DMA). In total, 22 core platform services pro…
Lees meerJohn Gruber: Yes, a box cutter/utility knife that costs about $100. […] A few weeks ago, though, my pals at Studio Neat sent me a pre-production Keen. I prefer it to the Palmer in every single regard. First, it’s thinner and smaller, but in no way t…
Lees meerTim Hardwick (Hacker News): Apple is developing a low-cost MacBook series to compete with Chromebook models in the education sector that could be launched as early as the second half of 2024, claims a new report out of Taiwan.According to DigiTimes’…
Lees meerHoward Oakley: APFS major version numbers change with each major version of macOS[…] Changing version numbers thus aren’t any indication of the scope or magnitude of changes made to APFS. As Apple seldom provides any information on changes made to A…
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