In its initial beta version, the new macOS Sonoma only presents a few significant features — such as Presenter Overlay, and desktop widgets — but they're well done and they will make you want to update.Just don't update your macOS yet. As well as Apple making the new macOS 14 seem like the best thing in the world ever, it has also this year made it much easier to get an early copy. Read more...

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…

A few weeks ago, I reported that Addigy had determined that as many as 25% of managed macOS devices were in a “stuck state” due to failed Rapid Software Response installations and would stop communicating back to the MDM server. Addigy had been waiting on Apple to fix the problem, but as time went on, it became apparent that it wasn’t going to be fixed on this round of macOS updates ahead of the release of macOS Sonoma. more… The post Addigy’s Watchdog utility to repair Rapid Software Response deployments now available for other MDM vendors appeared first on 9to5Mac.

In its initial beta version, the new macOS Sonoma only presents a few significant features — such as Presenter Overlay, and desktop widgets — but they're well done and they will make you want to update.Just don't update your macOS yet. As well as Apple making the new macOS 14 seem like the best thing in the world ever, it has also this year made it much easier to get an early copy. Read more...

Native VPN support is coming to tvOS 17 | Image: Chris Welch / The Verge Apple TVs will get native VPN app support in tvOS 17, according to an Apple press release (via 9to5Mac). It’s one of many features that didn’t make it into the keynote at WWDC 2023, but it could be a big deal for some folks. Assuming native VPN apps on Apple’s streaming box work as they do elsewhere, you might not have to wait to get home to catch up on streaming shows when traveling with an Apple TV 4K in tow. Right now, in tvOS 17, to use a VPN with your Apple TV, you’ll need to do something like install a VPN on your…