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Adobe Flash support disabled in Safari Technology Preview 99, portends end of support for the plug-in on macOS

Presaging the end of Adobe Flash on Safari, Apple on Wednesday disabled support for the multimedia plug-in in the Safari Technology Preview 99. Apple quietly announced the imminent demise of Flash on Safari in a set of release notes accompanying Safari Technology Preview 99. Along with a number of enhancements to WebKit code and assets is […]

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Apple releases macOS 10.13.4 Security Update 2018-001

They don’t address a monumental number of issues, but they do hone in on security. Apple on Tuesday released its macOS High Sierra 10.13.4 Security Update 2018–001 fix. The update patches a few security holes, as detailed via the notes below. According to the support document, a memory corruption issue in Crash Reporter and a […]

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Apple releases iOS 11.3.1 update, focuses on security fixes, third-party screen replacement issue for iPhone 8

It’s not the largest update in the world, but it has some important fixes within it. On Tuesday, Apple released its iOS 11.3.1 update. The update, a 44.5 megabyte download for the iPhone and a 33.5 megabyte download for the iPad, offers the following fixes and changes: – iOS 11.3.1 improves the security of your […]

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Apple releases iOS 11.2.5 update, adds HomePod support, security fixes, other changes

This should come in handy. Apple pm Tuesday released iOS 11.2.5 for its iPhones and iPads. The release “includes support for HomePod and introduces the ability for Siri to read the news (US, UK and Australia only).” The company also announced earlier in the day that preorders for the HomePod will begin on Friday, January […]

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Apple releases macOS High Sierra 10.13.2, iOS 11.2.2 supplemental updates with Spectre fix for Safari and WebKit

As tired as you are of hearing about the Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities, Apple has just released something that could help with part of these. The company has released both a macOS High Sierra 10.13.2 and iOS 11.2.2 supplemental update designed to help prevent Spectre attacks in the current Mac and iOS operating systems. Prior […]