Macworld Do Macs get viruses? Do Macs need antivirus software? The answers to these questions aren’t as simple as they might seem. In this article, we look at the dangers faced by Mac users, and the pros and cons of using Mac antivirus software. Historically, the Mac has been considered safe and secure for a number of reasons that we will go into below, but in recent years the consensus has fluctuated. In its 2020 State of Malware report, Malwarebytes said it saw “a significant rise in the overall prevalence of Mac threats in 2019, with an increase of over 400 percent from 2018.” The following year, the company found that overall malware detected on macOS decreased by 38 percent…

Macworld As far as operating systems go, nothing is more popular than MS Windows. And the latest version — Microsoft Windows 11 Pro — is the best one yet. Time to upgrade your OS? Then take advantage of this offer to save $170 off the purchase of a Windows 11 Pro lifetime license. Microsoft Windows 11 Pro offers beefier security and performance features that make it ideal for business and enterprise applications. It has enhanced encryption to keep your data safe from hackers, and virtualization technology that lets you run multiple OSs using just one system, and administrators appreciate having the ability to manage group policies from one station. Plus you can install the operating system on up to three…

Macworld As far as operating systems go, nothing is more popular than MS Windows. And the latest version — Microsoft Windows 11 Pro — is the best one yet. Time to upgrade your OS? Then take advantage of this offer to save $170 off the purchase of a Windows 11 Pro lifetime license. Microsoft Windows 11 Pro offers beefier security and performance features that make it ideal for business and enterprise applications. It has enhanced encryption to keep your data safe from hackers, and virtualization technology that lets you run multiple OSs using just one system, and administrators appreciate having the ability to manage group policies from one station. Plus you can install the operating system on up to three…

Image: Apple Apple has spent years slowly making green bubbles feel like a worse kind of message — no typing indicators, tiny photos, no end-to-end encryption — but those constraints have always been limited to conversations in Messages; use any other app on your iPhone, and there’s generally parity with Android. But with iOS 17 later this year, Apple will expand those platform differences to phone calls, adding a big, splashy sign that your friend or family member bought the wrong phone. The biggest change is thanks to Apple’s new Contact Poster feature for phone calls, one of Apple’s banner improvements for iOS 17. When you set a Contact Poster, you choose a photo of yourself that fills an iPhone’s…

Image: Apple Apple has spent years slowly making green bubbles feel like a worse kind of message — no typing indicators, tiny photos, no end-to-end encryption — but those constraints have always been limited to conversations in Messages; use any other app on your iPhone, and there’s generally parity with Android. But with iOS 17 later this year, Apple will expand those platform differences to phone calls, adding a big, splashy sign that your friend or family member bought the wrong phone. The biggest change is thanks to Apple’s new Contact Poster feature for phone calls, one of Apple’s banner improvements for iOS 17. When you set a Contact Poster, you choose a photo of yourself that fills an iPhone’s…

Image: Apple Apple has spent years slowly making green bubbles feel like a worse kind of message — no typing indicators, tiny photos, no end-to-end encryption — but those constraints have always been limited to conversations in Messages; use any other app on your iPhone, and there’s generally parity with Android. But with iOS 17 later this year, Apple will expand those platform differences to phone calls, adding a big, splashy sign that your friend or family member bought the wrong phone. The biggest change is thanks to Apple’s new Contact Poster feature for phone calls, one of Apple’s banner improvements for iOS 17. When you set a Contact Poster, you choose a photo of yourself that fills an iPhone’s…