Enlarge Apple on Thursday released fixes for two critical zero-day vulnerabilities in iPhones, iPads, and Macs that give hackers dangerous access to the internals of the OSes the devices run on. Apple credited an anonymous researcher with discovering both vulnerabilities. The first vulnerability, CVE-2022-22675, resides in macOS for Monterey and in iOS or iPadOS for […]
Enlarge / The front of the 2022 iPhone SE. (credit: Samuel Axon) Apple released a small iPhone software update Thursday to address an issue iPhone users have struggled with since iOS 15.4 reached devices. Users took to forums, Reddit, social media platforms, and Apple support channels to complain that their iPhones’ batteries were draining unusually […]
Enlarge / The front of the 2022 iPhone SE. (credit: Samuel Axon) Apple released a small iPhone software update Thursday to address an issue iPhone users have struggled with since iOS 15.4 reached devices. Users took to forums, Reddit, social media platforms, and Apple support channels to complain that their iPhones’ batteries were draining unusually […]
Enlarge / The iPhone 13 Pro Max, photographed by the iPhone 13 Pro in low light. (credit: Samuel Axon) Today, Apple pushed out the public releases of all its operating systems, including iOS/iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, and tvOS. These releases include new features across all platforms, not just bug fixes or security updates. As usual, the […]
Enlarge / The 2021 14-inch MacBook Pro. (credit: Samuel Axon) Apple has released updates for iOS/iPadOS, macOS, and watchOS that primarily address bugs and security vulnerabilities. iOS 15.3.1 is a minor update, feature-wise, for most users. It fixes a problem with Braille displays and addresses an arbitrary code execution vulnerability. Apple’s iOS update notes are […]
Enlarge / The 2021 12.9-inch iPad Pro. (credit: Samuel Axon) Today, Apple released several new operating system updates to the public: iOS 15.3, iPadOS 15.3, macOS Monterey 12.2, watchOS 8.4, tvOS 15.3, and HomePod Software 15.3. The update notes for these releases are some of the leanest I’ve seen. iOS, iPadOS, and macOS simply state […]
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) For the past four months, Apple’s iOS and iPadOS devices and Safari browser have violated one of the Internet’s most sacrosanct security policies. The violation results from a bug that leaks user identities and browsing activity within real time. The same-origin policy is a foundational security mechanism that forbids documents, scripts, […]
Enlarge / The iPhone 13 Pro Max, photographed by the iPhone 13 Pro in low light. (credit: Samuel Axon) As has now become a custom, Apple has released new OS updates for virtually all of its devices in one giant volley today. The releases include iOS 15.2 and iPadOS 15.2, macOS Monterey 12.1, watchOS 8.3, […]
Enlarge / Widgets on iPadOS 15’s home screen. (credit: Samuel Axon) Last year, Apple released a meaty iOS update for iPhones, but some of the biggest changes didn’t make it over to the iPad. This year, the iPhone update is modest—so does that mean that the iPad update is the big one this time around? […]
Enlarge / iOS 15’s Focus feature. (credit: Apple) As announced previously, Apple today released iOS 15 for the iPhone, iPadOS 15 for the iPad, watchOS 8 for the Apple Watch, and tvOS 15 for that Apple TV. Apple has also announced a major annual update to the Mac operating system called macOS Monterey, but that […]