You can’t knock a minor-but-critical update. Apple on Thursday released macOS Big Sur 11.6.7, an update to its macOS Big Sur operating system. According to Apple’s release notes, the update addresses an issue that could cause Mail and apps like Microsoft Outlook to be unable to open attachments if the app required to open the […]
Apple has begun seeding betas of its various operating systems, including iOS and iPadOS 13.5 developer betas that includes initial support for COVID-19 contact tracing. The updates are expected to be released in mid-May. Recently, Apple and Google have adopted the term “exposure notifications” which sounds less intimidating than contact tracing. This beta is primarily […]
This might keep Apple’s security teams for a few night working on a patch. A group of vulnerabilities discovered in PGP and S/MIME that could allow an attacker to read emails encrypted using the standards, with one attack potentially allowing for a message to be decrypted by abusing a flaw in the way Mail for […]
This one slipped by me. The App Store app on my Mac didn’t even register it. Anyway, lo and behold, 10.9.1 is out. Apple continues to add additional fixes to Mail for handling Gmail accounts. This one adds support for custom settings in Gmail. Here’s the complete change log; Improved support for Gmail in OS […]
SpamSieve’s about ready for Mavericks. Michael Tsai’s must-have shareware program, SpamSieve, has just been updated to version 2.9.9. The new version, a 10.8 megabyte download, adds the following fixes and changes: – SpamSieve is now compatible with the GM build of OS X 10.9 Mavericks. It is recommended that you update to SpamSieve 2.9.9 before […]