After several weeks of developer and public beta versions, Apple today has officially released OS X El Capitan 10.11.6 through the Mac App Store for all users. The latest software update to OS X El Capitan will likely be the last before Apple releases macOS Sierra 10.12 with new features including Siri later this fall. […]
Yesterday, Apple released an update to increase the support for RAW images from more digital SLR cameras. The Digital Camera RAW Compatibility Update 6.20 now allows Mac desktops to display images for 13 more cameras that use the file format, typically used for images that are unprocessed and uncompressed by the camera itself, with the […]
Recently, the Chromium team made the announcement that Chrome will start blocking all Flash content by default by the end of the year, with the exception of the top 10 websites, which will get a year-long extension. The WebKit team announced that the upcoming Safari 10 browser will block Flash and all the other plugins […]
Equinix has shipped Mail Designer Pro 3, upgrading the HTML newsletter tool for Mac with the ability to create desktop newsletters that take advantage of Retina displays. Containing more than 70 ready-to-use design ideas, it also includes shape tools, over 500 web-fonts with suggested font fallbacks, and optimization of messages read on mobile devices and […]
Following a similar update for Apple’s GarageBand program, the company’s pro audio editor, Logic Pro X, has been updated to version 10.2.3, which includes a number of enhancements and fixes, and also adds (as with GarageBand) some 300 Chinese instrumental Apple Loops as part of an ongoing drive to introduce some of Apple’s pro-level software […]
Rogue Amoeba has updated its capture program Audio Hijack to version 3.3, which brings significantly improved handling of AAC and Apple Lossless recording, increasing the reliability of the files in case of signal disruption, loss of power, or other issues. The update also provides for latency slider aimed at musicians and podcasters who have difficulty […]
Apple Maps was updated to add transit directions for the city of Atlanta, Georgia, as well as Miami, Florida, and the whole of the National Rail lines in the United Kingdom. The US transit additions cover both monorail and bus routes in Atlanta and Miami, while the National Rail support for the UK covers a […]
Apple says the next version of its desktop operating system, renamed MacOS, will work better with iPhones and iPads. Apple has made improvements to its Continuity feature so its is easier to pass stuff between iPhones and Macs. For example, Apple says a universal clipboard will allow you to paste text copied from an iPhone […]
Google wields a lot of influence on the web as the developer of the most popular desktop browser in the world – Chrome. As detailed in a draft proposal (via Venture Beat), the company wants to effectively kill Flash by blocking the plugin and prioritizing HTML5 by the end of the year. The plan has yet to be finalized, but […]
Mozilla asked a court to order the FBI to disclose a vulnerability the agency has been using to hack the Tor browser, which is based on Mozilla’s Firefox code. Mozilla believes the same vulnerability could be used by bad actors to attack potentially hundreds of millions of users. Mozilla seems to take issue especially with […]