Apple’s Mac sales decline due to supply chain issues
Apple marginally beat Wall Street estimates with its third-quarter earnings announcement on Thursday afternoon, showing a modest year-over-year gain in iPhone revenue and a 12 percent growth in its services segment. However, the company's numbers suffered in other segments
Mac revenue was down 1... Read more
Jamf extends Apple experience to Microsoft and Google environments
There's no doubt about the importance of security in business environments. Often, this comes at the expense of privacy and user-friendliness. That's why many people still have two phones. Jamf wants to put an end to this, in a way you would expect from a player specialized in managing Apple produc... Read more
Macs with Apple’s own chips expected to debut at November 10 event
The new computers will feature "Apple silicon" for the first time.
Apple announced Monday it will hold a digital event November 10. There, the company is expected to announce its first Mac computers using Apple silicon chips. The company has been using Intel processors since 2005.
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New Mac ransomware contains an additional spyware component
ThiefQuest, a recently found ransomware specifically for Macs, appears to contain an additional component that actively searches for credentials on a device.
These findings were the result of intensive research into the new ransomware. At the end of June, cybersecurity company K7 Lab published t... Read more
Apple iWork updated with new features
iWork is being updated with a number of features for iPad, Mac and operating systems that should greatly enhance its ease of use. Updates have also been added for Pages, Numbers and Keynote.
For iPad, for example, use of the Trackpad has been improved by a higher level of precision, which should... Read more
‘Apple is working on Macs with ARM processors and USB4’
Apple is working on a new line of Macs with ARM processors, sources report to Macrumors. The new line is expected to appear in 2021, according to analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. Though he also holds the last quarter of 2020 as a possible release moment for the new series.
The ARM processors could be a maj... Read more
Apple now makes everything but the memory and Mac processors themselves
With Apple taking over much of Intel's smartphone modems business, the manufacturer is making virtually all the parts for its devices itself. Only the memory chips for the iPhone and iPad and the processors for the Macs are still designed and made by third parties.
Apple acquired Intel's smartpho... Read more
Zoom releases emergency patch for webcam vulnerability on Mac
Zoom makes a 180-degree turn and releases an emergency patch to address a vulnerability in its video conferencing software on Mac. Previously it was much lighter about that, but it met with a lot of criticism.
The vulnerability allows a website to turn on your webcam unsolicited, without any action ... Read more
Microsoft brings Wunderlist successor To Do to Mac
Microsoft brings its planning application To Do to Mac. The successor to Wunderlist now also works offline on Apple computers.
Microsoft brings To Do to Mac. To Do is the spiritual successor to Wunderlist, which Microsoft bought in 2017. Wunderlist is still active, but in the long run Microsoft want... Read more
Apple presents new Mac Pro for power users from $5999
Apple unveiled an all-new Mac Pro at its developer conference WWDC. The workstation is designed for professionals who have high demands on their Mac, Apple says. For example, the device comes with Xeon workstation processors with up to 28 cores.
The new Mac Pro also features a 1.5TB memory system t... Read more