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Apple releases macOS Sierra public beta

And now, for the truly brave of heart, the macOS Sierra public beta has just become available. Late Thursday, Apple released the public beta to macOS Sierra, the successor to OS X EL Capitan. In order to install the beta, you’ll need to go to beta.apple.com, sign in with an Apple ID and then you’ll […]

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Additional malware strains for Macs surface, GateKeeper still recommended as means of protection

After a hiatus, a trio of three new discovered Mac malware strains have emerged. The strains, once installed, have the potential to access Web cameras, password keychains, and pretty much every other resource on an infected machine. The first one, as mentioned yesterday, has been dubbed “Elanor” by researchers at antivirus provider Bitdefender and is […]

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Dropbox adds built-in document scanner, other features

This is kind of nifty, even if Evernote beat Dropbox to it. Dropbox now features a built-in document scanner capable of capturing photos, notes, sketches and converting them into documents that can be stored in Dropbox. Like many iOS-based scanning apps, Dropbox’s scanning tool will automatically detect the outline of the item being scanned and […]

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Siri begins to return queries regarding Finder, speculation brews ahead of WWDC

Siri is changing a bit ahead of WWDC 2016. And it now knows what the Finder is. As of now, when asked the specific question “Siri open settings in the window,” Siri for iOS responds with: “It doesn’t look like you have an app named ‘Finder’.” Interestingly, omitting the word “Siri” from the query changes […]

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Updated App Store guidelines hint at possible rebranding from “Mac OS X” to “macOS”

While it’s been expected that Apple will rebrand Mac OS X as “macOS” at WWDC next week, this has all but been confirmed in paperwork sent out to the developer community. Hidden in today’s announcements regarding the App Store was yet another hint at the change. In a FAQ from on the iTunes Connect website, […]