Should you upgrade to macOS 11 Big Sur from a previous version of macOS? Only you can answer that question for sure, but Adam Engst has upgraded his primary Mac with no significant problems. Our recommendation is that it should now be safe to upgrade, though you might want to wai … | Continue reading
T-Mobile will start selling your usage data to advertisers next month unless you opt out now. | Continue reading
Apple has updated most of its major operating systems to address what would seem to be a severe WebKit vulnerability. | Continue reading
Updates Apple's Web browser to patch a single security vulnerability. (Free, various sizes, macOS 10.15+ and 10.14+) | Continue reading
Just over three years since its introduction, Apple has quietly discontinued the iMac Pro. You can buy one while supplies last, but the performance of Apple silicon makes that a questionable investment. | Continue reading
Introduces a custom gallery view order that can be utilized even when non-video participants are hidden. (Free, 24.2 MB, macOS 10.9+) | Continue reading
Addresses some throttling-related issues with iCloud (CloudKit) syncing and improves the speed of importing from Evernote. ($99 new, free update, 131 MB, macOS 10.11.5+) | Continue reading
Adds support for Dropbox Business Team Spaces. ($45 new, free update, 43.1 MB, macOS 10.14+) | Continue reading
Maintenance update brings improvements and bug fixes to the calendar app. ($49.99 new, free update, 32.3 MB, macOS 10.12+) | Continue reading
Updates the Audio Capture Engine to version 11.7 for both audio recording apps. ($49/$19 new, free updates, various sizes, macOS 10.13+) | Continue reading
Maintenance release devoted to fixing bugs related to importing projects from iMovie for iOS. (Free, 2.2 GB, macOS 10.15.6+) | Continue reading
Maintenance updates with a short list of improvements and bug fixes for the professional video editing apps. ($299.99/$49.99/$49.99 new, free updates, macOS 10.15.6+) | Continue reading
If Preview is displaying some PDFs as black rectangles instead of pages, even though their thumbnails are correct, you can solve the problem in a non-obvious way: by recalibrating your display. | Continue reading
A perfect storm of errors led to Dustin Curtis being locked out of many Apple services, with no easy way to get help from Apple. We try to tease out how this happened. | Continue reading
Artists are making big money by selling on the blockchain, with some hipsters and hypesters claiming it’s the future of digital art. | Continue reading
Adam Engst loves his M1-based MacBook Air but is missing the stellar user experience of the old MagSafe charging technology from his old 2012 MacBook Air. He found a cheap magnetic charging solution from various Chinese manufacturers. | Continue reading
A report from a reader of the Dutch translation of TidBITS led us to discover both a message viewing bug in Mail and a problem with how we were building those translated issues. Read on to learn what not to do in email and how to work around Mail’s bug. | Continue reading
Web browser maker Brave Software has acquired the open-source search engine Tailcat and will soon be spinning it off as a new privacy-focused search engine. | Continue reading
Apple has shared data from the Apple Hearing Study showing that a troubling percentage of participants are exposed to harmful levels of sound and are suffering hearing loss. Turn down that volume! | Continue reading
Brings a variety of improvements and bug features to the Swiss Army knife of graphics programs. ($39.95 new, free update, 249 MB, macOS 10.9+) | Continue reading
Reduces the occurrence and improves resolution of the "dreaded" inaccessible resource issue. ($4.99 new, free update, 26.1 MB, macOS 10.13.2+) | Continue reading
Introduces Total Cookie Protection to prevent cookies from tracking you from site to site. (Free, 125 MB, macOS 10.12+) | Continue reading
Improves detection of VPNs for Automatic Profile Switching and fixes memory leaks. ($45 new, free update, 30.6 MB, macOS 10.11+) | Continue reading
Maintenance release for the calendar app with a variety of improvements and bug fixes. ($39.99 new, free update, 41.8 MB, macOS 10.13.2+) | Continue reading
Adds native support for M1-based Macs and receives a refreshed user interface. ($89.95 new, free update, 78.2 MB, macOS 10.10+) | Continue reading
Some third-party, non-compliant, powered USB-C hubs and docks are bricking recent MacBook Pro and MacBook Air models. Apple has updated Big Sur to prevent the problem; the question is if Macs running Catalina or Mojave might still be at risk. | Continue reading
If you garden, it’s time to think about starting seedlings indoors in many parts of the world. “Take Control of Apple Home Automation” author Josh Centers shows how you can use HomeKit to help. | Continue reading
macOS 11 Big Sur has thrown a cryptographically signed monkey wrench into the inner workings of backup apps that make bootable duplicates. There are now workarounds, and Apple promises to fix the necessary underlying tool, but Adam Engst suggests that we need to rethink the role … | Continue reading
Jeff Porten closes his CES 2021 coverage with a first-ever deep dive into the annual Innovation Awards given out by the Consumer Technology Association. The range is impressive, but which of these products would you actually use? | Continue reading
Fixes a DNS leak regression in Tor private browsing windows. (Free, 106 MB, macOS 10.11+) | Continue reading
Monthly maintenance update for the productivity suite, with enables government customers to apply sensitivity labels. ($149.99 new for one-time purchase, $99.99/$69.99 annual subscription options, free update) | Continue reading
Brings automation improvements to the pro edition of the outlining and information organization app. ($9.99/59.99 new, free update, 40.5 MB, macOS 10.14+) | Continue reading
Brings automation improvements to the pro edition of the task management app, plus bug fixes for both standard and pro editions. ($39.99 new, free update, 70.7 MB, macOS 10.14+) | Continue reading
Improves importing of Web pages from various publications and optimizes performance when importing large numbers of small files at once. ($40 new, free update, 32 MB, macOS 10.12+) | Continue reading
Malwarebytes Labs has published its annual report on the state of malware in the computer industry, with a section focusing on the Mac. The good news is that the number of malware detections is down 38% and very little detected Mac malware is dangerous; the bad news is that Apple … | Continue reading
Returns "toggle view" keyboard shortcuts for quickly cycling through snippets, cards, top list, or side list. (Free, 141 MB, macOS 10.10+) | Continue reading
Adds the capability to bookmark all tabs from all open windows with one click. ($35 new, free update, 13.0 MB, macOS 10.13+) | Continue reading
Mike Masnick of TechDirt explains why everyone is mad at Facebook for cutting off links to Australian news sites, even though Australian publishers accused Facebook of taking advantage of them by linking to them. | Continue reading
Jeff Porten hits the startup breakout area of CES and reports back on a nifty IPad case, Mac SSD upgrades, 3-D-printed eyeglasses, immersion blenders for boats, more flying cars, and AR for motorcyclists, among other things. | Continue reading
If you initiate an upgrade to Big Sur from a previous version of macOS but don’t have sufficient free space—at least 35.5 GB—you could end up in a Boot Recovery Assistant loop that can be exceedingly difficult to escape. Never update macOS without enough space or a current backup … | Continue reading
If your 2016 or 2017 MacBook Pro won’t charge past 1%, Apple will replace the battery for free, and the company recommends installing macOS 11.2.1 Big Sur or macOS Catalina 10.15.7 Supplemental Update to prevent it from happening to other devices. | Continue reading
Bloomberg Businessweek has explored Tim Cook’s tenure at Apple, with insights on how he’s made the company more profitable and dominant—but also more reliant on China—than ever. | Continue reading
Patches “zero-day” vulnerabilities in the PDF creation and reading apps. (Free updates, various sizes, macOS 10.13+) | Continue reading
Patches security vulnerabilities in Catalina and Mojave. (Free, various sizes, macOS 10.15.7 and 10.14.6) | Continue reading
Synchronization and backup tool addresses several issues with Big Sur. (49.99 new for ChronoSync, $14.99 new for ChronoAgent; free updates; 67.3 MB, 26.7 MB) | Continue reading
Apple has updated macOS 11 Big Sur to fix a single bug and block three security vulnerabilities. It’s not an urgent install for most people. | Continue reading
If you wear an Apple Watch, do you notice the Breathe notifications popping up when you want them the least? Thankfully, they’re easy to make less intrusive or turn off entirely. | Continue reading
Command-line package manager adds support for M1-based Macs. (Free, macOS 10.14+) | Continue reading