macOS

MacOS9.app: A tour de force of emulation and integration

Friday FOSS Fest The 'Infinite Mac' is an astonishing demonstration of emulation and integration between some of the best tech of the '90s and the '20s

OSes09 Dec 2022 | 16

If Apple's environmental rhetoric is meaningful, Macs and iPads should converge

Opinion An Apple a day keeps the doctor away, but too many might be a burden on the planet.

Personal Tech23 Nov 2022 | 48

Laugh all you want. There will be a year of the Linux desktop

Opinion But, it won't play out the way you think it will

OSes14 Oct 2022 | 151

Microsoft's macOS Tamper Protection hits general availability

A boon for administrators having to deal with Apple hardware while also keeping everything secure

CSO16 Aug 2022 | 5

Open source 'Office' options keep Microsoft running faster than ever

LibreOffice, Collabora, KDE Gear all updated their Microsoft alternatives – whatever your OS

SaaS13 Jun 2022 | 72

We sat through Apple's product launch disguised as a dev event so you don't have to

WWDC M2 chip teased plus MacBooks, iOS 16, macOS 13, watchOS 9 and more

Personal Tech06 Jun 2022 | 78

This Windows malware uses PowerShell to inject malicious extension into Chrome

And that's a bit odd, says Red Canary

Research27 May 2022 | 13

macOS Server discontinued after years on life support

It's not like Apple was a player in the market since the demise of Xserve

OSes22 Apr 2022 | 16

Apple emits macOS, iOS, iPadOS patches for 'exploited' security bugs

Nothing like a little kernel-level memory snooping, code execution

Security31 Mar 2022 | 4

Apple delivers desktop, mobile OS updates, patches dozens of security holes

Plus: Face ID can recognize you with a mask on, kinda

OSes16 Mar 2022 | 15

Microsoft goes native with OneDrive on Apple Silicon

Hopefully a better experience than the 'disastrous' Files On-Demand update

Storage02 Mar 2022 | 5

Remote code execution vulnerability in Samba due to macOS interop module

Patch now

Security02 Feb 2022 | 12

Microsoft rolls out Files On-Demand with tighter macOS integration – but it defaults to 'on' and can't be disabled

Get ready for a new 'experience'...

Storage14 Jan 2022 | 35

BeOS rebuild / Haiku has a new feature / that runs Windows apps

Poetry and WINE – a heady combination

OSes10 Jan 2022 | 34

Don't make an iOS of yourself – Apple's patched its OSes, you know the drill

Cupertino also added a Digital Legacy – special IDs so your loved ones can get your data once you're dead

OSes14 Dec 2021 | 26

Why your external monitor looks awful on Arm-based Macs, the open source fix – and the guy who wrote it

Interview Q&A with the developer of BetterDummy: from macOS secrets to his motivations

OSes03 Dec 2021 | 63

AWS adds another Arm CPU to its cloud: Apple's M1

Updates bare metal Macs-a-service and claims up to 60 per cent better price performance vs cloudy x86 Macs

PaaS + IaaS03 Dec 2021 | 2

Microsoft previews Visual Studio 2022 for Mac, but why bother when VS Code runs just fine on Apple hardware?

.NET works in mysterious ways

Software09 Nov 2021 | 24

Apple's macOS Monterey upgrades some people's laptops to doorstops

Updated Reports of bricked computers suggest it may be worth waiting for better-behaving code

OSes01 Nov 2021 | 65

Shrootless: Microsoft found a way to evade Apple's SIP macOS filesystem protection

Flaw could have let miscreants slide rootkits onto your iDesktop

Security29 Oct 2021 | 23

Microsoft's axeman cometh for OneDrive sync app on older versions of macOS

Bye Sierra

Applications10 Aug 2021 | 11

Apple ditches support for pre-2015 MacBook Air, Pro laptops with macOS Monterey

But it seems the iPhone 6 and SE will be looked after until the end of time

OSes08 Jun 2021 | 24

Apple patches macOS flaw exploited by malware to secretly snap screenshots

Bug can also be abused to record audio and video, access files – and iOS, iPadOS updated, too

Security24 May 2021 | 12

Apple is happy to diss the desktop – it knows who's got the most to lose

Column Also: The basic utility of the general purpose OS cannot be sanitised into total safety. Nor should it

Security24 May 2021 | 79

Apple's macOS is sub-par for security, Apple exec Craig Federighi tells Epic trial

Trashing your desktop OS to save the iOS walled garden – it's a bold strategy. Let's see if it pays off for 'em

OSes20 May 2021 | 104

Fleet would Mac? Microsoft's Azure VPN Client for Apple machines hits public preview

Azure Active Directory's tentacles wriggle into ever stranger places

Off-Prem17 May 2021 | 1

VMware is 'a few months away' from M1 release of Fusion macOS desktop hypervisor

Test code is apparently blazingly fast, but for now Parallels has VMs on Apple silicon to itself

Virtualization27 Apr 2021 |

Windows comes to Apple M1 silicon as Parallels delivers native desktop hypervisor

Meanwhile, ESXi on Arm spotted booting Windows

Virtualization15 Apr 2021 | 16

Mac OS X at 20: A rocky start, but it got the fundamentals right for a macOS future

For pity's sake, don't thank Jobs

OSes26 Mar 2021 | 69

What lurks within the latest Big Sur beta? References to two unreleased iMac models

Expect a bigger display and slimmer body thanks to Apple's M1 silicon

Personal Tech24 Mar 2021 | 15

Hidden text in MacOS 11.3 beta suggests removal of Rosetta 2 compatibility layer in some countries

Time to go down to Memphis, er, Cupertino, to check for a decree

Personal Tech03 Mar 2021 | 47

Apple's latest macOS Big Sur update stops cheapo USB-C hubs bricking your machine

Still, it's probably best to stick with eye-wateringly expensive official peripherals

OSes26 Feb 2021 | 41

macOS Big Sur muscles onto Amazon's cloudy Macs

AWS flicks the switch on EFS too for those who fancy sharing cloudy volumes

OSes24 Feb 2021 |

Apple offends devs by asking for Developer Transition Kits back early, then offering them a measly $200 off an M1 Mac

They also have to use the credit before 31 May or lose it

OSes04 Feb 2021 | 19

If you really must have Edge on your Apple M1 silicon, there's a compatible stable build for Microsoft's browser

It works – but the more 'exciting' stuff is in the Dev and Canary Channels

OSes03 Feb 2021 | 9

Blackberry Cylance's consumer antivirus product won't work with macOS Big Sur until end of January

Only three months after latest OS version released

OSes05 Jan 2021 | 12

CodeWeavers' CrossOver ran 32-bit Windows Intel binary on macOS on Arm CPU emulating x86 – and nobody died

Trying to get that one weird app working on new Mac silicon?

OSes19 Nov 2020 | 74

If you suddenly can't print to your HP Printer from your Mac, you're not alone: Code security cert snafu blamed

Updated Driver software snubbed by macOS 10.15, 10.14, Amazon Music, too

OSes23 Oct 2020 | 68

Apple's T2 custom secure boot chip is not only insecure, it cannot be fixed without replacing the silicon

Which means your new Mac is vulnerable to 'evil maid' attacks, if that's something you worry about

OSes08 Oct 2020 | 67

Microsoft's OS joins macOS and Linux at the Flutter party, but guess which one performs best? Hint: It's not Windows

Google's cross-platform development tool targets the Windows desktop with support now in alpha

OSes23 Sep 2020 | 14

Who cares what Apple's about to announce? It owes us a macOS x86 virtual appliance for non-Mac computers

Comment Shift to Arm processors will maroon some users – and Hackintoshes are problematic

OSes15 Sep 2020 | 134

Feds seize 'largest ever' haul of crypto-dosh from terrorists – including coins from 'fake' pandemic mask web store

In brief Plus: Someone's gunning for Mac developers

OSes17 Aug 2020 | 10

This week of never-ending security updates continue. Now Apple emits dozens of fixes for iOS, macOS, etc

Make sure your iThing installs these patches

OSes16 Jul 2020 | 19

One year ago, Apple promised breakthrough features to help iPhone, iPad, Mac owners with disabilities. It failed them

WWDC Sure, you can make calls, for instance, but you can't end them

OSes25 Jun 2020 | 35

Chime after chime: Apple restores iconic Mac boot sound removed in 2016

Triumphant F#-major to return with upcoming macOS Big Sur

OSes24 Jun 2020 | 14

Here's a headline we never thought we'd write 20 years ago: Microsoft readies antivirus for Linux, Android

Redmond knows a thing or two about tackling malware – amirite, Windows fans?!

OSes23 Jun 2020 | 38

Email innovator Hey extends an olive branch in standoff with Apple, tweaks code to make the iGiant appier

We did what we think you want, now let it through

OSes22 Jun 2020 | 13

VMware and Office for Mac need patching, Microsoft can scan your firmware, and Anonymous takes credit for Atlanta police hacks

Roundup Plus: Nigeria-based entrepreneur accused of fraud, and more

OSes22 Jun 2020 | 7

MacOS on Arm talk intensifies: Just weeks from now, Apple to serve up quarantini with Kalamata golive, reportedly

'People familiar' have been running their mouths, it seems

OSes09 Jun 2020 | 73

You, Apple Mac fan. Put down the homemade oat-milk latte, you need to patch a load of security bugs, too

Patch Thursday is for you, Patch Tuesday is for everyone else

OSes28 May 2020 | 6

Apple promises third, no, fourth, er, fifth time's a charm when it comes to macOS Catalina: 10.15.5 now out

Just don't expect a full battery

OSes27 May 2020 | 38

I know what you leased last summer: Asset database leak hits Capita, Rolls-Royce, Tesco (every little helps, eh?)

Roundup Plus: Pop's Lady Gaga popped in hack, and more

OSes18 May 2020 |

Incredible how you can steal data via Thunderbolt once you've taken the PC apart, attached a flash programmer, rewritten the firmware...

Full mitigation is buy a newer computer – or don't use suspend-to-RAM

OSes11 May 2020 | 34

Flaw hunter bags $75,000 off Apple after duping Safari into spying through iPhone, Mac cameras without permission

Bug that let malicious site snoop on users squashed, so make sure you're on the most recent version

OSes07 Apr 2020 | 2

Apple's latest macOS Catalina update mysteriously borks SSH for some unlucky fans. What could be the cause?

Updated Connecting to a port greater than 8192 using a hostname now stalls, possibly

OSes01 Apr 2020 | 17

Stuck inside with nothing to do? Apple fires out security fixes for iOS, macOS, wrist-puters... and something weird called iTunes for Windows

Dozens of bugs swatted in latest Cupertino updates

OSes25 Mar 2020 | 14