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How to fix the annoying “missing maintainer” error in Cydia

This guide will show you how to remove the following pesky error, which can crop up in your Cydia output from time to time:

dpkg: warning: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/status' ... missing maintainer

This is a fairly common Cydia message, which clutters up the installation and uninstallation screens and can add dozens of redundant lines of output. Not only is this unsightly, it can also make it hard to troubleshoot more serious Cydia errors by swamping the installation readout. We'll show you how to take care of these harmless and overly verbose messages.

How to protect yourself from the EFAIL vulnerability on Mac and iOS

Disable PGP encryption

Here's how to protect yourself from the EFAIL vulnerability in Apple Mail on both iOS and macOS. These temporary fixes come after the new vulnerability was discovered that allows hackers to derive decrypted plaintext from encrypted emails. For the attack to work, the third party must be in possession of your encrypted S/MIME or PGP emails. 

macOS High Sierra 10.13.4 release notes

On March 30, 2018, Apple released the major macOS High Sierra 10.13.4 software update for Mac with under-the-hood tweaks, a bunch of security fixes and some feature additions, including better support for external GPUs, Business Chat in Messages and more.

tvOS 11.3 release notes & security fixes

On March 29, 2018, Apple released the tvOS 11.3 software update, bringing the ability to play videos in their original frame rate to owners of the fourth-generation Apple TV, plus other improvements such as ad-free music videos for Apple Music members right in the Music app.

watchOS 4.3 release notes

On March 29, 2018, Apple released the watchOS 4.3 software update for Apple Watch. Among other improvements and fixes, watchOS 4.3 reinstates the ability to browse music on your paired iPhone via your wrist while enabling new features like portrait Nightstand mode.

iOS 11.3 release notes

On Thursday, March 29, 2018, Apple released the iOS 11.3 software update for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch with battery health assessment in Settings, the ability to disable Apple's controversial CPU throttling at will and other new features.