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iCloud.com feature allows for Time Machine-esque restoration of files, contacts and calendars

This might come in handy. Without a ton of fanfare, Apple has quietly added a new data restore feature to iCloud.com, enabling users to rollback accidentally deleted documents, calendar changes and contacts. A series of new ‘Restore Files’, ‘Restore Contacts’ and ‘Restore Calendars’ features are hidden in the iCloud.com Advanced Settings pane. The new service […]

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iCloud.com Photos beta pulls disappearing act, no longer available

It’s hard to say exactly what’s happening here, but sometimes Apple makes changes with no warning. Per AppleInsider, the beta iCloud.com Photos application is no longer available to access via the website, as a vague “early 2015” launch date for a new Photos for OS X app also looms. The iCloud Photos app had been […]

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Apple adding transition encryption to boost iCloud email service security

Apple looks to be overhauling its iCloud email service security by including end-to-end encryption for messages sent from me.com and icloud.com, according to new data from Google’s Gmail transparency effort and The Unofficial Apple Weblog. The report suggests that at least 95 percent of the messages sent to Gmail from users of iCloud mail is […]

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SpamSieve updated to 2.9.6

You can’t knock a useful chunk of shareware. Michael Tsai’s must-have shareware program, SpamSieve, has just been updated to version 2.9.6. The new version, a 10.7 megabyte download, adds the following fixes and changes: – Worked around a bug in Mac OS X 10.8.2 that could cause spam operations in Postbox to be very slow. […]

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iCloud beta web site points out web-based Notes, Reminders

This could be nifty. Per MacRumors, Apple’s iCloud Beta site on Monday was updated with web versions of the iOS apps Notes and Reminders and joins the two other beta-labeled additions to iCloud.com, Calendar and Find My iPhone. The web-based Notes is much like the iOS app seen in landscape mode on the iPad complete […]