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Enlarge / iOS 17.6 installing on an iPhone 13 Pro. Samuel Axon Apple has some minor updates for all its operating systems, and the releases include iOS 17.6, iPadOS 17.6, tvOS 17.6, watchOS 10.6, and macOS Sonoma 14.6. Apple’s notes for these updates simply say they include bug fixes, security updates, or optimizations. However, there…
macOS 15 Sequoia makes you jump through more hoops to disable Gatekeeper app checks
Enlarge / The Mac’s Gatekeeper feature has been pushing developers to digitally sign their apps since it was introduced in 2012. Apple/Andrew Cunningham It has always been easier to run third-party software on a Mac than on an iPhone or iPad. Despite the introduction of the Mac App Store a couple of years after the…
