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…

Christian Selig is Apollo’s lone developer and at the center of the fight taking over Reddit. | Image: Christian Selig ‘Reddit has plugged its ears and refuses to listen to anybody but themselves. And I think there’s some very minor concessions that they can make to make people a lot happier.’ Christian Selig did not mean to be the face of a revolution. All the Canadian developer wanted, really, was to be able to keep working on his app. But that app, a Reddit client called Apollo, has become the central figure in an all-out platform war. The short version of a long history goes like this: in April, Reddit announced new terms for its API, the tool through which…

Macworld Wondering what the name of the latest macOS version is? Want to know what the next version of macOS will be? Curious about the versions of Mac OS X that came before? Here we’ll fill you in on the names of the different versions of the Mac operating system in order: from the newest macOS to the first version of Mac OS X and the codenames that Apple used for them. We’ll also show you how you can check which version of macOS you are running and find out what the latest version of macOS is. If you are wondering what the latest version of macOS is it’s Ventura, also known as macOS 13. Ventura arrived on Monday, October…

Macworld Wondering what the name of the latest macOS version is? Want to know what the next version of macOS will be? Curious about the versions of Mac OS X that came before? Here we’ll fill you in on the names of the different versions of the Mac operating system in order: from the newest macOS to the first version of Mac OS X and the codenames that Apple used for them. We’ll also show you how you can check which version of macOS you are running and find out what the latest version of macOS is. If you are wondering what the latest version of macOS is it’s Ventura, also known as macOS 13. Ventura arrived on Monday, October…

In Nasdaq trading Monday, shares of Apple Inc. (AAPL) rose $2.83, or 1.56%, to $183.79, a new all-time closing high. Apple set its all-time intraday high of $184.95 on June 5, 2023. Apple’s 52-week low stands at $51.06. Monday’s trading volume for AAPL shares was 54,164,101 versus Apple’s average trading volume of 59,076,542 shares. Apple’s PE Ratio currently stands at 31.15. Apple currently has a market value of $2.891 trillion, making it the world’s most valuable company. The top five U.S. publicly-traded companies, based on market value: 1. Apple (AAPL) – $2.891T 2. Microsoft (MSFT) – $2.467T 3. Alphabet (GOOGL) – $1.574T 4. Amazon (AMZN) – $1.299T 5. NVIDIA (NVDA) – $975.205B Selected companies’ current market values: • Tesla (TSLA)…

Macworld At the WWDC keynote on June 5, Apple unveiled the new features coming in iOS 17 this fall. Among them are a new app called Journal, Live Voicemail, and a new way to use Stickers, among dozens of other smaller changes. This free software update will bring a raft of interface tweaks, bug fixes, and new features. It’s like getting a new iPhone without paying a penny. In this article, we discuss everything you need to know about iOS 17. We cover its release schedule and when you can expect the beta and final versions to come out; how to get it when it does; the models of iPhone that are likely to be able to run iOS; and…