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25 of the Most Useful macOS Ventura Features
Image: AppleA fresh update can make your old tech feel new. You might be tempted to upgrade your MacBook for a fancy M2 machine, but maybe all you need is to install macOS 13 Ventura. These 25 new features include a new window management system, the ability to use your iPhone as a seamless webcam
macOS Monterey: Update now or wait?
Apple’s latest operating system for the Mac, macOS Monterey, is now available. And while Apple pushes users to upgrade right away, should you? There are a lot of good reasons for upgrading as soon as possible, but there are also a lot of good reasons to wait. If you’re trying to decide, let’s go over…
macOS Monterey: SharePlay, Universal Control and other new features
Apple’s latest Mac operating system is macOS 12 Monterey, the first major update to macOS since the big shift in macOS 11 Big Sur. Here’s everything you need to know about the new features. macOS Monterey: Universal Control macOS Monterey will launch without one of its most interesting new features, Universal Control. It’s still in…
You can run macOS on the latest Intel Alder Lake chips if you dare
Intel Intel took the wraps off of its 12th generation Core laptop processors earlier this month, and our sister publication, PCWorld has posted impressive benchmarks that show that the Core i9 with a performance edge over Apple’s M1 Pro and M1 Max. So if you’re sitting there, cursing Apple for abandoning Intel and wishing for a Mac…
How to use the new PDF features in macOS Monterey’s Preview app
macOS Monterey ups the game for the Preview app in a subtle way: you can better control over PDFs. In Big Sur and earlier releases of macOS, you had to rely on Adobe Acrobat or another PDF-editing program to set controls. Now, Preview in Monterey correctly lets you create an owner/permissions password and pick which…
macOS Monterey: Second 12.2 public beta now available
The latest version of the Mac operating system is called macOS Monterey. Version 12 was introduced at WWDC21 and is now available to the general public. This page collects all our major articles about macOS Monterey: FAQs and feature guides, how-tos, tips, updates, and news. It’s your one-stop-shop for all the macOS Monterey-related content on…
Microsoft has detailed how malware on macOS can bypass privacy preferences enforced by Apple's macOS system called Transparency, Consent, and Control (TCC) for controlling apps' access to sensitive user data. The 'powerdir' bug, which Apple fixed in its December 13 update for macOS up to Monterey, lets an attacker bypass TCC to gain access to a user's…
macOS 12 Monterey: New Public Beta has been released, here’s how to get it
The next version of the Mac operating system, macOS 12 Monterey, will officially be released later this fall. But you can install and run Monterey now by joining Apple’s Public Beta program. Interested? Here’s what you need to know about the Public Beta. Updated 09/29/21: A new version of the macOS 12 Monterey Public Beta…