Apple on Tuesday issued a fourth public beta of macOS High Sierra 10.13, packing in the same features and changes as yesterday's macOS High Sierra beta 5 for developers.
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macOS High Sierra 10.13 beta 5 launches on Mac App Store
As of today, a fifth beta of the upcoming macOS High Sierra 10.13 software update is available to the registered Mac developers and members of the Apple Developer Program.
Spark for Mac gains advanced search features & other notable improvements
Ukrainian developer Readdle today refreshed its award-winning Spark email app for Mac with powerful new search capabilities along with other notable improvements, such as snoozed emails syncing across devices, reduced CPU consumption and improved memory usage.
Twelve South unveils BookBook Vol. 2 leather cases for newest MacBooks
Premium Apple accessory maker Twelve South on Tuesday announced a new lineup of cases for Apple's newest MacBooks.
Safari on macOS High Sierra strips common page prefixes to help differentiate between tabs
Aside from other enhancements, Safari 11 on macOS High Sierra includes a nifty little feature that automatically strips any common webpage prefixes to help declutter the interface while making it easier for you to differentiate between multiple open tabs.
MacPaw acquires Unarchiver, popular Mac file-extraction app, promises to keep it free
MacPaw today announced that it has acquired the popular family of file-extraction apps for macOS, The Unarchiver, saying it'll keep them updated and available to users free of charge.
CIA tested “Achilles” and “SeaPea” exploits on older Macs, but Apple probably patched them
As part of WikiLeaks' “Vault 7” releases detailing various CIA-developed exploits targeting computers and mobile devices, the non-profit organization today shared a pair of new exploits, called “Achilles” and “SeaPea” and developed under the code-name “Imperial”.
Chrome 60 rolling out, brings handy navigation shortcut to your Touch Bar
Google yesterday announced that its freshly updated Chrome desktop browser has at long last brought out official support for handy navigation shortcuts on the MacBook Pro's Touch Bar.
Supported shortcuts include Chrome's unified search/URL box, bookmarks and a new tab shortcut. Like with other Touch Bar shortcuts, they're easily customizable by choosing Customize Touch Bar from the View menu, where you can also turn off typing suggestions.
In addition, Chrome 60 for macOS includes an updated Credential Management API (allowing websites to interact with Chrome's password manager) while packing in support for the Payment Request API for auto-filling checkout forms and other developer enhancements.
On a related note, Google said yesterday it would remove Flash completely from Chrome toward the end of 2020 following Adobe's announcement to end-of-life its Flash plug-in.
If you regularly visit a site that uses Flash today and it migrates to open web standards, you shouldn’t notice much difference except that you'll no longer see prompts in Chrome to run Flash on that site. “If the site continues to use Flash, and you give the site permission to run Flash, it will work through the end of 2020,” said Google.
Chrome's silent updating mechanism ensures you're always running the most recent version of the app. To check for updates manually, choose About Google Chrome from the menu.
You can download Chrome from Google's website.
Third public beta of macOS High Sierra drops
Apple this morning released a third public beta for the forthcoming macOS High Sierra 10.13 software update. macOS High Sierra public beta 3 has the same features and changes as the developer-only macOS High Sierra beta 4 release that dropped on Monday.
macOS High Sierra 10.13 developer beta 4 rolling out on Mac App Store
Apple today released a fourth beta of the forthcoming macOS High Sierra 10.13 software update to its registered developers and members of the Apple Developer Program.
Mac unlock with Apple Watch not working? Try these simple steps
The macOS feature that allows you to unlock your Mac with your Apple Watch offers security and convenience. The problem may arise when that feature doesn't work as expected.
If you have set up your Mac to be unlocked with your Apple Watch and are having issues with the feature not working properly, there are a few things you can try.
Panic launches Transmit 5, a major update to the popular FTP client
Panic, an Apple-focused dev shop based out of Portland, Oregon, has released a much anticipated update to Transmit. Transmit, for the uninitiated, is a powerful FTP and file transfer application. Version 5 is a huge update, and the first paid update to Transmit in over 5 years.