On June 9, Apple will show its new operating systems, including MacOS 16 and iOS 19. The rumor mill expects a comprehensive redesign and AI renovations. Not all users are enthusiastic about this view, the calls after a large bugfix update-as Mac OS X Snow Leopard once did-are getting louder. Should Apple finally step onto … Read more
Only a few more weeks, then the time has come: Apple will also present new operating system versions as part of its World Wide Developers Conference 2025 (WWDC). Among them is MacOS 16, the next software for the Mac. And how every few years does the scene ask a question: What name will Apple find … Read more
MAC users and developers have to adjust to a fundamental change in MacOS: In the future, the operating system warns a reference dialogue as soon as an app in the background accesses the central clipboard or read its content. Apple now has developers to this upcoming change pointed out in a note on app kit … Read more
Tschüss, Apple Filing Protocol: Apple throws the AFP client with an upcoming MacOS version from the operating system. The manufacturer has specifically promised this step in preliminary versions of MacOS 15.5 Sequoia for the first time. The AFP client is already de-lined in this version and “is removed from a future version of MacOS”, says … Read more
The Qemu developers (quick emulator) have released version 10.0.0 of their free virtualization software. A total of over 2800 changes from 211 developers flowed in. Qemu is an open source project under GPL2 license, apart from parts such as the Tiny Code Generator (TCG), which is largely under the BSD or co-license. A look at … Read more
In the first tab you can find options for the current selection or for the selected tool. There you round off rectangles or work out the brush tips. The second inspector collects the non-destructive level filters for color corrections and effects that can be combined and retrofitted. Finally, the Shape Processors open creative scope. For … Read more
Emergency updates for iPhones, iPads and Macs: Apple eliminates two heavy security gaps in its operating systems with the new versions iOS 18.4.1, Ipados 18.4.1 and MacOS 15.4.1 Sequoia. Users should import the updates immediately. The weak points apparently enable attackers to carry out targeted and “extremely sophisticated attacks” on individual iPhone users, As the … Read more
Apple-user has long been complaining that iPados can do significantly less than MacOS. This became particularly clear last year on the iPad Pro M4, which Apple was the first device to donate the new SoC. The entire power of the chip cannot be used due to the service deficits of iPados. This starts with the … Read more
Logo templates or greeting cards enriched with graphics show that the app can do more than pure letters. Selected templates can be edited as desired in the editor and provided with its own text. That was the reading sample of our Heise-Plus article “Letters’ Deskorateur: Art text for MacOS in the test”. With a Heise … Read more
This article is primarily intended to stimulate experiments and show the feasibility. Because even with powerful hardware, you have to accept some restrictions and performance hurdles. That was the reading sample of our Heise Plus article “MacOS in the Docker container: This is how it works with the virtual Mac”. With a Heise Plus subscription … Read more