News & Reviews:   macOS

CAPTCHA is one of the web’s most widely-used security features to protect against bots and spams, though the difficulty of some CAPTCHAs have definitely made us question whether we are actually human or just sentient bots. Well, if you’re an Apple user and have had enough of CAPTCHAs, then we’ve got good news for you as a new feature in iOS 16 has made it possible to bypass the security feature in supported apps and websites.

Microsoft has yesterday released a new cybersecurity app across Windows, macOS, iOS and Android using the ‘Defender’ moniker that should be familiar to Windows users. Available for Microsoft 365 Personal and Family subscribers, the features of the app will vary by the platform in which it is installed.

In the earlier hours of today, Apple held WWDC 2022 to reveal some new products and updates to its software. For laptops, like the new MacBook Pro and MacBook Air that feature the Apple M2 chip. As for software, Apple not only revealed iOS 16 but also a new macOS - macOS Ventura.

As we're approaching Apple's WWDC 2022, some exciting rumours of the iPadOS 16 have also arrived. According to this information, the new update could allow iPad users to switch to macOS when docked on certain accessories, for example, a keyboard.

As we wait for the annual Apple WWDC 2022 event in June, we got some news about iOS 16 from Mark Gurman who works for Bloomberg. According to Gurman, iOS 16 could have "significant enhancements" that include new health-tracking and notification features.

It's that time of the year again for Apple's annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), which the company will host an online event starting from the 6th until the 10th of June 2022. Besides showcasing what's new in the upcoming iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, and tvOS, Apple is also hosting the Swift Student Challenge for everyone from around the world. 

With working from home being the new normal since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, online video meetings have become an integral part of a working professional’s life. In fact, throughout the pandemic, Zoom has been the must-have app on our devices to keep up with work as well as connect with friends and families in our personal life.

However, we’ve got to admit that Zoom meetings are getting pretty boring and stale now. Thankfully, Zoom thinks so too and is launching a new feature that would spice up Zoom Meetings and Zoom Webinars: Avatars!

When it comes to big updates for operating systems, it pays to wait for a few weeks before you install it. After all, you never know if it would end up causing major problems like system crashes. That happened with macOS 12, but it seems like Apple will be fixing that issue soon with version 12.1.

It's been a while since SharePlay was made available for Apple devices via the latest software updates. Today, Apple announced that there are plans for more apps to be integrated into the function and it will be included in iOS, iPadOS, tvOS and macOS in the future.

"Wait a minute...but we already have WhatsApp for desktop, right?" That's what we thought too, but the WhatsApp team is developing something far more than that. In case you didn't know, they are developing a Universal Windows Platform (UWP) for both Windows and macOS.