First look: Apple's all-new Photos for OS X brings the best of iPhone, iPad & iCloud to the Mac

Apple's first beta of the new Photos application for OS X showcases a sleek, uncluttered interface that will instantly feel natural to anyone who has used the modern Photos app for iPhone and iPad, bringing welcome features and strong iCloud integration to the desktop.

AppleInsider Staff 11 years ago 127

Apple releases first beta of OS X 10.10.3 with debut of Yosemite's new Photos app

Developers can be among the first to get their hands on the new Photos for OS X application, thanks to the release of a preview build of of OS X 10.10.3 on Thursday.

AppleInsider Staff 11 years ago 46

OS X 10.10.2 will fix years-old Thunderbolt hardware vulnerability

A Mac hardware vulnerability that has yet to be exploited on a wide scale will reportedly be fixed with Apple's forthcoming OS X 10.10.2 update for Yosemite, preventing any future attacks.

Katie Marsal 11 years ago 24

Apple's OS X Spotlight found to ignore e-mail privacy settings

Mac owners who regularly make use of OS X's built-in Mail application and Spotlight search should take care when searching through e-mail messages, as Spotlight's preview functionality has been shown to ignore Mail's remote content settings and could inadvertently transmit unintended data to email senders.

Sam Oliver 11 years ago 34

Apple seeds OS X Yosemite 10.10.2 beta with focus on Wi-Fi, Mail and VoiceOver

Apple on Wednesday issued a new beta build of its upcoming OS X 10.10.2 maintenance update, once again asking developers to focus on Wi-Fi, Mail and VoiceOver alongside general system compatibility testing.

AppleInsider Staff 11 years ago 26

Apple issues second OS X 10.10.2 Yosemite beta with Wi-Fi fixes

Apple on Thursday pushed out a new beta build of its upcoming OS X 10.10.2 Yosemite maintenance update, asking developers to focus on changes made to Wi-Fi assets.

AppleInsider Staff 11 years ago 56

Apple's latest iPhone 6 ads focus on Continuity, gaming prowess

Apple on Monday released a pair of commercials starring iPhone 6 spokesmen Jimmy Fallon and Justin Timberlake, one covering iOS and OS X Continuity features and another highlighting the handsets' gaming capabilities.

AppleInsider Staff 11 years ago 23

Dropbox says OS X 10.10.1 Yosemite update resolves crashing issue, urges download

Following Apple's release of OS X 10.10.1 Yosemite on Monday, Dropbox is sending emails to users confirming that the latest Mac maintenance update solves a rare crashing problem seen with apps integrated with Finder.

Mikey Campbell 11 years ago 22

Apple issues first OS X 10.10.2 Yosemite beta to developers for testing [u]

Three days after releasing the OS X 10.10.1 Yosemite maintenance update, Apple on Thursday seeded the first beta for its next OS X 10.10.2 update to developers.

AppleInsider Staff 11 years ago 42

Apple's OS X Yosemite 10.10.1 update improves Wi-Fi reliability, fixes Mail bugs, more

Apple's OS X Yosemite Mac operating system received a significant update on Monday designed to address nagging Wi-Fi connectivity issues that have plagued some users since its launch in October, along with a range of other bug fixes.

AppleInsider Staff 11 years ago 62

Samsung responds to Apple's Continuity with its own cross-device 'Flow' feature

Samsung this week announced its answer to Apple's Continuity: a new cross-device sharing feature called "Flow," intended to allow users to move activities and content between Samsung smartphones, tablets, wearable devices, PCs, and more.

Ryan Simmons 11 years ago 78

Apple issues second OS X 10.10.1 beta to developers, continues focus on Wi-Fi

Apple on Monday pushed out the second OS X 10.10.1 Yosemite beta seed to developers for testing with focus areas unchanged from the first version that went out last week.

AppleInsider Staff 11 years ago 25

Roundup: The best Notification Center widgets for Apple's OS X Yosemite

Apple's newly released OS X Yosemite allows third-party apps to include interactive Notification Center widgets, and AppleInsider offers a look at some of the best and most useful widgets you can install on your Mac right now.

Stephen Robles 11 years ago 27

Evidence shows Apple operating a mysterious Web crawling bot

A developer has discovered that Apple appears to be crawling HTML websites with its own automated bot, but the exact purpose of the mysterious homegrown software remains unknown.

Neil Hughes 11 years ago 104

TrueSec outlines "Rootpipe" privilege escalation vulnerability in Mac OS X Yosemite

Speaking at the Øredev Developer Conference in Malmö, Sweeden, Emil Kvarnhammar of security firm TrueSec demonstrated a privilege escalation vulnerability affecting OS X 10.8.5 through the newest 10.10 Yosemite.

Daniel Eran Dilger 11 years ago 46

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