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 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…

Apple’s iPhones have propelled smartphones into the top-five most exported commodities from India in the fiscal that ended in March this year. Apple’s iPhone 14 Mimansa Verma for Quartz: India’s smartphone exports nearly doubled to $10.9 billion during the year from $5.4 billion the year before that, according to data from India’s commerce ministry. And iPhone handsets accounted for half of those smartphones, followed by Samsung, Business Standard reported today (June 12). In the last financial year, when Apple’s figure stood at only 24%, India’s overall smartphone exports were in the ninth position. In the financial year 203, the top-four commodities exported from India included automotive fuels, aviation fuel, motor gasoline, and diamonds for non-industrial use, the newspaper reported. India’s…

Apple’s iPhones have propelled smartphones into the top-five most exported commodities from India in the fiscal that ended in March this year. Apple’s iPhone 14 Mimansa Verma for Quartz: India’s smartphone exports nearly doubled to $10.9 billion during the year from $5.4 billion the year before that, according to data from India’s commerce ministry. And iPhone handsets accounted for half of those smartphones, followed by Samsung, Business Standard reported today (June 12). In the last financial year, when Apple’s figure stood at only 24%, India’s overall smartphone exports were in the ninth position. In the financial year 203, the top-four commodities exported from India included automotive fuels, aviation fuel, motor gasoline, and diamonds for non-industrial use, the newspaper reported. India’s…

Macworld If you’re looking for an iPhone but don’t want to spend a fortune, the third-gen iPhone SE, Apple’s cheapest current handset, is the phone for you. It features a powerful processor (the A15, which also appeared in the flagship iPhone 13 Pro from 2021) at an affordable price, starting at $429 in the U.S. or £449 in the U.K. For a phone that’s even cheaper, however, you may want to consider the second-gen iPhone SE from 2020. Apple no longer sells this device itself, but other vendors may still sell you one for a bargain price. In this article we round up the best deals and discounts currently available on each iPhone SE model, as well as cheap bundle…

Macworld At Apple’s WWDC23, I think I saw the future. [Pausing to ponder.] Yeah, I’m pretty sure I saw the future–or at least Apple’s vision of the future of computing. On Tuesday morning, I got to try the Apple Vision Pro, the new $3,499 mixed-reality headset that was announced this week and ships next year.  I’m here to tell you the major details of my experience, but the overall impression I have is that the Vision Pro is the most impressive first-gen product I’ve seen from Apple–more impressive than the 1998 iMac, or the 2007 iPhone. And I’m fully aware that other companies have made VR headsets, but Apple does that thing that it does, where it puts its understanding…