New Backdoor Allows Full Access to Mac Systems

Featured articles from around the web. My pal PowerUser82 has found another ‘pearl’ to share with me: New Backdoor Allows Full Access to Mac Systems, Bitdefender Warns → A new piece of malware, dubbed Backdoor.MAC.Eleanor by Bitdefender researchers, exposes Apple systems to cyber-espionage and full, clandestine control from malicious third-parties. The backdoor is embedded into a fake … Read more

→ Switching to Apple’s two-factor authentication

Featured articles from around the web. Apple has, for a while now, offered two separate additional security measures to protect your Macs, iOS devices, and iCloud account, but thanks to some inexpert nomenclature, it can be a little difficult to tell them apart I’m glad Dan Moren figured this out and wrote it up, because … Read more

Hands-on with the new Photos features in macOS Sierra and iOS 10

Featured articles from around the web. Photos has long been a snooze of an app in iOS, and when its OS X complement arrived in Yosemite, it was underwhelming. Through many small releases in El Capitan, Photos’ stability improved and features expanded. Now, in iOS 10 and macOS Sierra, Photos is poised to be much … Read more

Apple might be quietly preparing an assault on the cable box via its Apple TV

Featured articles from around the web. On the surface, Apple TV seems increasingly focused on cable subscribers instead of cord cutters. Since its launch last fall, the fourth-generation Apple TV has added several features that provide more convenient access to “TV Everywhere” apps (such as WatchESPN, FX Now, and HBO Go) that require a cable … Read more

Early 2001: The iMac G3 goes psychedelic

Featured articles from around the web. At Macworld Tokyo 2001, Steve “Business Suit” Jobs showed off what would be the last two new iMac G3 designs: Blue Dalmatian and Flower Power. Like Sage and Ruby before them, Blue Dalmatian and Flower Power were used for just one generation of iMac: the Early 2001 models. According … Read more