macOS Ventura

How to set an animated Memoji on your Lock Screen in macOS Ventura

When choosing your profile picture that is displayed on your Mac's Lock Screen, you can choose to have an animated Memoji as one. Here is how to set it up.

Nathaniel Pangaro | 1 year ago

How to manage Thunderbolt & USB security in macOS Ventura

As part of the security improvements in Apple Silicon Macs running macOS Ventura, Apple has made it so that new USB or Thunderbolt devices have to be approved. Here's how to manage how often you see the requests.

Malcolm Owen | 1 year ago

Public betas for iOS 16.3, iPadOS 16.3, macOS Ventura 13.2 now available

The first public betas for iOS 16.3, iPadOS 16.3, macOS Ventura 13.2, and others have become available for testers signed up for Apple's public beta program.

Wesley Hilliard | 2 years ago

Apple releases the first developer beta for macOS Ventura 13.2

Apple has released the first developer beta for macOS Ventura 13.2, starting a new generation of beta software.

Andrew Orr | 2 years ago

macOS Ventura 13.1 is out with new Freeform app and iCloud security updates

Apple has officially released macOS Ventura 13.1 to the public, packed with features that include a collaborative app called Freeform and advanced iCloud protection.

Andrew Orr | 2 years ago

Apple seeds Release Candidate developer beta of macOS Ventura 13.1

Apple is now on round five of its macOS Ventura 13.1 beta testing, with developers provided a Release Candidate build of the operating system to try out.

Malcolm Owen | 2 years ago

New betas have Apple Silicon optimizations for Stable Diffusion AI art generator

According to an Apple engineer on the machine learning team, the newest beta updates for macOS Ventura, iOS 16, and iPadOS will improve performance for the Stable Diffusion AI art generating routines.

Andrew Orr | 2 years ago

Apple issues fourth developer beta for macOS Ventura 13.1

Apple is on round four of its macOS Ventura 13.1 beta, providing developers with a fresh build for testing.

Malcolm Owen | 2 years ago

Claris FileMaker Pro & FileMaker Server updated with macOS Ventura compatibility

The custom database and app-building platform FileMaker by Claris has been updated with full macOS Ventura compatibility.

Wesley Hilliard | 2 years ago

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Third iOS 16.2, tvOS 16.2, macOS 13.1, iPadOS 16.2 public betas with Freeform available

Apple has seeded the third public beta versions of iOS 16.2, iPadOS 16.2, tvOS 16.2, watchOS 9.2, and macOS 13.1 Ventura to members of its software testing program.

Wesley Hilliard | 2 years ago

Apple seeds third developer beta of macOS Ventura 13.1

Apple has moved on to the third beta round for macOS Ventura 13.1, with developers now able to download a fresh build.

Malcolm Owen | 2 years ago

The best Continuity Camera mounts and stands for your iPhone

With an iPhone running iOS 16 and a Mac running macOS Ventura, it's possible to use the iPhone as a webcam. It's still early days for this ecosystem, but here are the best mounts and tripods for the feature.

Andrew Orr | 2 years ago

Apple releases iOS 16.1.1, iPadOS 16.1.1, macOS Ventura 13.0.1 with bug fixes

Apple has released iOS 16.1.1, iPadOS 16.1.1, and macOS Ventura 13.0.1 with bug fixes, minus the expected iPhone 14 Emergency SOS via Satellite feature.

Wesley Hilliard | 2 years ago

Apple issues second developer beta of macOS Ventura 13.1

Apple is continuing its testing of the next update for macOS with developers now able to try out the second build of macOS Ventura 13.1.

Malcolm Owen | 2 years ago

New Pixelmator Pro 3.1 adds macOS Ventura and AVIF image support

Pixelmator Pro has a version 3.1 update that adds support for macOS Ventura and the AVIF file format.

Andrew Orr | 2 years ago

USB-C iPhone, macOS Ventura, iCloud redesign, and advertising controversy

Apple's macOS Ventura and iOS 16.1 are officially out, plus the first beta of iPadOS 16.2 reveals the new Freeform app, while the iCloud website gets a great redesign, and App Store advertising is causing some heat, all on the AppleInsider podcast.

William Gallagher | 2 years ago

Malicious Mac and iOS apps could have listened in on Siri conversations

The recent updates to iOS and macOS patched a serious flaw that could allow apps with Bluetooth access to record conversations with Siri.

Andrew Orr | 2 years ago

Malwarebytes crippled by macOS Ventura update

The new macOS Ventura release has killed the real-time protection feature in Malwarebytes, but the company has a solution.

Andrew Orr | 2 years ago

Apple drops PostScript support in Preview for macOS Ventura

As of the new macOS Ventura, Apple's Preview app will no longer support PostScript or Encapsulated PostScript documents.

William Gallagher | 2 years ago

How to use Dictation on macOS Ventura

Apple's macOS Ventura's Dictation feature is a little bit different that it was when it originally debuted. Here's how to turn it on, and how to get started with what it can do.