Apple’s been busy, rolling out the new iPhone 11 and 11 Pro, iPads, its new Apple Arcade gaming service, Apple Watch Series 5 smartwatches and Apple TV Plus. And now, not missing a step, it’s released Catalina, the latest version of the MacOS. Read our in-depth review of MacOS Catalina before you decide whether to update …
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Most important MacOS Catalina features coming to Mac this fall
This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Your MacBook, iMac or — lucky you — beastly Mac Pro just got a big boost, because MacOS Catalina is now available from Apple. With the Mac update, Apple replaces the iTunes app with three separate apps: Apple Music, Apple Podcasts and Apple TV. …
Read More »MacOS Catalina might be released this week
The next version of Apple’s MacOS, called Catalina, might be right around the corner. Apple previously revealed that MacOS Catalina would come out in October, but hasn’t offered up a specific release date. On Sept. 26, the company’s MacOS site for Denmark briefly suggested we could get the update by this Friday. An Apple Arcade promo on the Danish language site …
Read More »Firefox 69 ratchets up tracking protection, switching it on by default
Mozilla has switched on Firefox’s tracking protection feature for everyone on Windows and Android, dialing up its effort to protect privacy from website publishers and advertisers that would like to keep tabs on your online behavior. Mozilla enabled tracking protection for new Firefox users in June, but now it’s on for everyone, the nonprofit said Tuesday. Tracking protection is all …
Read More »iOS 13, iPadOS, MacOS Catalina available for public beta testing
If you’re feeling adventurous, you can now download the beta version of Apple’s upcoming MacOS Catalina, iOS 13 and iPadOS software. The company made the test versions of the operating system publicly available on Monday, giving anyone a taste of the platform. Apple unveils its newest software each year in June at its Worldwide Developers Conference. It then releases the operating systems to developers …
Read More »MacOS Catalina’s 3 best features in the public beta
The public beta of MacOS 10.15 Catalina is here for everyone to try, now that Apple has released it early — along with the public betas for both iOS 13 and iPadOS. We’ve been testing the various Catalina betas since early June and we have hands-on insights on what’s in it and the best new features you’re going to be …
Read More »Apple’s first 4 iOS apps for Mac are getting an upgrade. News needs it the most
Apple is counting on apps built for the iPad and the iPhone being converted to the Mac as a way to infuse new energy — and a lot of new software — into the granddaddy of its devices. The party started last year at WWDC 2018 when Apple announced a “sneak peek” at four of its own apps that it …
Read More »Apple Music vs. Apple Podcast vs. Apple TV: What’s the difference?
This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. After being neglected by some of its users (guilty!), Apple music will finally replace iTunes in the new MacOS Catalina update this fall. This will result in Apple Music, Apple Podcasts and Apple TV ($99 at eBay) splitting up into separate apps that …
Read More »How to know if your Mac will work with Apple’s MacOS update this fall
This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple on Monday revealed the next major update to MacOS. The announcement came on the first day of its annual Worldwide Developers Conference held at the McEnery Convention Center in San Jose, California. Apple said the free update, coming this fall, will be …
Read More »Apple WWDC 2019: iOS 13 dark mode, iPadOS, the Mac Pro, Pro Display XDR and all that Apple announced
This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple held its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in San Jose on Monday and threw a lot of new stuff at us, including a Mac Pro and Pro Display XDR, iOS 13 with a dark mode, MacOS Catalina, an operating system just for the …
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