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Apple releases third OS X Yosemite golden master candidate to developer community

Yosemite is coming. It’s just going through a few more golden master candidates. Per MacRumors, Apple today released a third golden master candidate of OS X Yosemite to developers, just two days after releasing the second candidate golden master and the fifth public beta. The first golden master candidate was seeded to developers on September […]

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Apple posts iOS 8.0.2 update, chases down Touch ID, cellular connectivity bugs reported in iOS 8.0.1

This may avert another 24 hours of iOS update crisis. Per MacRumors, Apple on Thursday released iOS 8.0.2. The update, which is available as an over-the-air update or via iTunes, includes the bug fixes that were included in the original iOS 8.0.1 update as well as repairs Touch ID and cellular services. After installing iOS […]

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Apple turns off legacy AIM access and inadvertently kills it for everyone

Well, I say “inadvertently”, but no word on whether it was in fact so, or if it was intentional…or maybe Apple just doesn’t care enough to make sure it was functional for Mountain Lion, Mavericks, and Yosemite users (granted, Yosemite is still in beta). As it was foretold many months ago by messages from Apple itself, […]

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Apple comments on iMessage text bug issue, says fix is en route

There’s a fix en route for Apple’s current iMessage bug. That’s the good news. Per The Mac Observer and Re/code, a long-standing iMessage bug that failed to deliver some text messages to users who switched to Android or Windows smartphones from the iPhone will be fixed. The problem can crop up when someone who currently […]

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Apple could release OS X 10.8.5 update as soon as today

If you’ve been hankering for OS X 10.8.5, it could hit as soon as today. Per AppleInsider, Apple began supplying prerelease builds of OS X 10.8.5 Mountain Lion to select partners on Monday, signaling that a public release of the maintenance and software update is not far behind. Sources familiar with the software indicated that […]