The Mac Observer has a macOS Big Sur device support list so you can find out if your Mac can run Apple’s newest Mac operating system.
Theoretical Boot Camp – TMO Daily Observations 2020-06-23
John Martellaro and Dave Hamilton join host Kelly Guimont to discuss what emulation looks like on newly announced Apple Silicon processors.
WWDDC 2020: Apple Updates App Store Review Process
Apple is changing the App Store Review process to allow developers to not just challenge a decision, but the guidelines themselves.
WWDC 2020: Apple Announces Xcode 12 For Developers
Apple announced new developer technologies at WWDC 2020. Perhaps the most significant of these was Xcode 12.
Some Kernel Extensions Won’t Work in macOS 11 Big Sur
If you updated to macOS Catalina 10.15.4 recently, you may have seen a warning message about kernel extensions. They’re going away.
iPadOS and iOS 14 Will Let You Set Third-Party Email and Browser Apps as Defaults
Users are going to be able to set third-party apps as their default browsers and email services with iPadOS and iOS 14.
NSO Group Tools Used to Hack Journalist Omar Radi’s iPhone
An investigation from Amnesty International reveals that NSO Group tools were used to target human rights journalist Omar Radi via his iPhone.
Through our investigation we were able to confirm that his phone was targeted and put under surveillance during the same period he was prosecuted. This illustrates how human rights defenders (HRDs) may often have to deal with the twin challenges of digital surveillance alongside other tactics of criminalisation at the hands of Moroccan authorities leading to a shrinking space for dissent.
The same NSO Group that hopes to woo American law enforcement with its dazzlingly array of hacking tools.
Apple Pencil Becomes Even More Useful With Scribble for iPad
Apple unveiled a big upgrade to iPadOS during the WWDC 2020 keynote, including significant improvements to how Apple Pencil works.
Relive The Best Bits of WWDC 2020 Day One
With the keynote and the Platforms State of the Union, there was a lot to take in on day one of WWDDC 2020. Apple has helpfully released a video of the highlights from the first day of the conference, wrapping up some of the most important announcements (including reiterating that macOS Big Sur is macOS 11). It is introduced, of course, by a Memoji.
Apple Confirms Big Sur Will Be macOS 11
There have been conflicting reports about the version number on the newly announced version of macOS, Big Sur. Apple has confirmed what it will eventually be in two different places.