Displaying items by tag: OS X

With a new Rose Gold finish option, new Intel Core M processors, better graphics performance, faster flash storage and one more hour of battery life, the 2016 MacBook has arrived.

Apple has set the dates for WWDC 2016, which from 13 to 17 June will see Apple’s developer community come together from around the world to learn Apple’s latest and greatest.

An updated version of Dell's SonicWall Secure Mobile Access (SMA) operating system provides policy-enforced SSL VPN access to applications, data and resources.

For organisations that use a lot of iOS and OS X devices, JAMF software might be the ideal fleet management suite.

The annual Pwn2Own security-busting competition took place last week, revealing a total of 20 new vulnerabilities.

KeRanger, the infected Mac OS X torrent client, is virtually identical to version 4 of the Linux.Encoder Trojan that has been infecting thousands of Linux servers since the beginning of 2016.

The first fully functional ransomware for Mac OS X has been seen – it comes courtesy of an infected BitTorrent program called Transmission.

The idea that Siri could spread from iOS and its derivatives to OS X has been mooted for some time. It could become reality this year.

The latest version of Camptune X - Paragon Software's utility for the redistribution of disk space between OS X and Windows partitions - lets users make small adjustments for free.

Apple has released new versions of its OS X and iOS operating systems to deliver security updates and bug fixes.

Apple introduced a 12.9” iPad Pro with optional Apple Pencil and Smart Keyboard – it’s a lovely, well made iOS tablet. Microsoft introduced the updated 12” Surface Pro 4 and the 13.5” Surface Book – again lovely, well, made Windows hybrid 2-in-1 tablets.

Macs don’t get malware – seriously? Even on a fully patched OS X 10.11.2 system that Apple has supposedly ‘fixed’ its Gatekeeper anti-malware feature fails to block the execution of untrusted code.

I love the way doom and gloom mongers continue to heap crap on ‘Wintel’ citing declining PC market stats as evidence that Apple had it right all along – or some other thinly disguised, hateful slag at Microsoft.

A host of new OS updates from Apple has arrived, ready to squish bugs, deliver new features and make things even crunchier!

Apple has released its Swift programming language as open source, as promised earlier this year, with developer contributions to help make Swift ‘even better and available on more platforms’

Security vendor AVG Technologies has made its AVG Zen application platform available to its Australian and New Zealand customers.

Apple has released OS X 10.11.1 - 'El Capitan take two' - along with corresponding security fixes for Macs running recent versions of OS X.

The latest round of updates for Apple's productivity apps include fixes for multiple vulnerabilities.

The rise in high-profile malware attacks is damaging CIOs’ confidence in Mac security, according to new research out of the UK from endpoint security software firm Avecto, but many still perceive Macs as safer than Windows computers.

Microsoft has admitted to compatibility problems with El Capitan for both Outlook 2011 and Outlook 2016.