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Be patient: even Apple is behind on its own Liquid Glass redesign

Very few developers have released Liquid Glass updates to their apps, and Apple isn't fully compliant either with its own applications. Based on past experience, it's going to take years before the redesign is the norm.

William Gallagher 8 months ago 36

If you were running betas, you may need to turn that off to get the updates

Apple released iOS 26 and its companion updates worldwide on September 15 but if you running the betas, you could miss out on the full release. Here's how to get it if you're stuck on the beta.

Andrew Orr 8 months ago 5

iOS 18, iOS 16, macOS Sequoia, and macOS Sonoma got updates too

Apple has released updates for some of its older operating systems at the same time as iOS 26, with downloads available for iOS 18.7, macOS Sonoma, macOS Sequoia, and others.

Malcolm Owen 8 months ago 5

macOS Tahoe review — a strong update, just not for the reasons you expect

Liquid Glass will briefly startle you, but then it's the new features in macOS Tahoe that make this a significant and a significantly useful upgrade.

William Gallagher 8 months ago 24

Inside VLC - the best universal video tool for Mac for over a decade

While tech giants kept building bloated media apps, a scrappy open-source project called VideoLan quietly ate their lunch by playing every weird file you could throw at it. Here's how to get the most out of it on Mac.

Andrew Orr 8 months ago 7

Save 35% on Parallels Desktop 26 to run Windows apps on macOS Tahoe

For a limited time, save 35% on Parallels Desktop to run Windows on your Mac — now with support for macOS Tahoe.

Christine McKee 9 months ago 0

Looking back at Steve Jobs's NeXT, Inc — the most successful failure ever

Very little remains of Steve Jobs' NeXT, except that it is the reason Apple survives and is how the web began. Here's the peculiar story of the company Jobs formed after leaving Apple on September 12, 1985.

William Gallagher 9 months ago 50

How to back up your Photos library in macOS Sequoia

Your Photos library might sync with iCloud, but in macOS Sequoia, making a manual backup is still a smart way to guard against deletion or corruption. Here's how to keep your memories safe.

Andrew Orr 9 months ago 6

'ChillyHell' backdoor hid in notarized Mac apps for four years

Jamf researchers have detailed a Mac backdoor called ChillyHell that passed Apple's notarization checks in 2021 and went unnoticed until very recently.

Andrew Orr 9 months ago 3

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