For all sorts of products we’ve irremediably blurred the lines between renting vs. owning, local vs. cloud — but are we ready to do the same for the PC? Blade thinks so, and over the past few years has been slowly rolling out its Shadow desktop-as-a-service subscription. It has about 5,000 subscribers in France, and …
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If your iPhone began misbehaving Saturday, or if you’ve been worried about that “root” password vulnerability on the Mac, read on — here’s what you can do to get your devices running smoothly and safely. A date-related flaw in iOS involving apps that send frequent reminders was reportedly causing iPhones and iPads to keep crashing as of the wee hours …
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A bug was discovered in MacOS High Sierra on Tuesday that allows anyone to log in to your computer using the username “root” with no password. Originally brought to light on Twitter by developer Lemi Orhan Ergin, the bug appeared when you opened System Preferences and go to Users & Groups. To make changes in this menu normally requires a password — you have to click …
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Apple’s “root” problem has a solution. The company said on Wednesday that it has issued a software update for the High Sierra version of its MacOS that closes up a glaring vulnerability. The flaw let you log in to any Mac running on High Sierra by simply typing in “root” in the username field and leaving the password blank. The …
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A year ago, Apple overhauled its high-end MacBook Pro laptops with something the computing industry had never seen before: a touch-sensitive strip with a programmable display called the Touch Bar. Its flexibility shows the function keys it replaces to be relics from computing’s dark ages — specifically 1971, when IBM added them to mainframe terminals, Apple said. “This is crazy, …
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Touch Bar not doing it for you? No matter the reason, if you are ready to move on from your MacBook Pro with Touch Bar, there’s an extra step you need to take before you sell it or pass it along to a worthy successor. Before we get to the extra Touch Bar step, here’s what you need to do …
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With MacOS High Sierra and iOS 11, iCloud Drive is finally catching up with Dropbox and Google Drive in terms of sharing ability. You will need to convince your collaborators to start using iCloud Drive, however, if you want to share files on Apple‘s cloud service, a dubious proposition given the head start that both Dropbox and Google Drive enjoy. …
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Now playing: Watch this: How to download and install MacOS High Sierra 1:48 Apple‘s next Mac operating system, MacOS High Sierra, is here. As with past OS X and MacOS releases, MacOS High Sierra is a free update and available via the Mac App Store. Learn if your Mac is compatible with MacOS High Sierra and, if so, how to …
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Along with MacOS High Sierra comes Safari 11. The latest update to Apple‘s web browser addresses two of the bigger Internet annoyances: autoplay videos and ad trackers. Unless you like being greeted by mysterious sounds when you visit a site, which you then must track down to stop or silence, then you’ll want to use Safari’s new tool to restrict videos from autoplaying. …
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MacOS High Sierra introduces a number of under-the-hood changes — the new Apple File System (APFS) for speedier performance and better security, HVEC for improved video compression and Metal 2 for more powerful graphics — but it also brings improvements and new features to your favorite Mac apps, too, from Siri and Spotlight to Photos, Safari and others. Let’s have …
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