Category: Operating System

September 27, 2023

With the Apple Watch Series 9 now available, Apple is releasing watchOS 10.1 beta 1 to developers. This update is expected to bring the first sights of the accessibility feature Double Tap and the already-announced NameDrop function. See what we’re […]

September 26, 2023

Thinking back to the era of Windows 3.0, 3.1, and Windows for Workgroups, I dimly recall that printer drivers could be especially troublesome. Happily, with Windows 95 through Windows 7, printer problems didn’t register much on my radar. But in […]

September 25, 2023

macOS Sonoma It’s not as impressive an update as Big Sur or High Sierra update. macOS Sonoma is light on features, and it doesn’t fix many old bugs. A week after releasing iOS 17, Apple is making macOS Sonoma available […]

September 20, 2023

iOS 17 marks the first update where I skipped the beta. Instead, I waited patiently for the public iOS 17 release to arrive. I updated the software on my iPhone 14 Pro on Monday, like millions of eligible iPhone owners […]

September 15, 2023

These days, a relatively clean and uncomplicated Windows 10 or 11 system disk might be home to more than 250,000 files and 90,000 folders. A more complex, application-heavy system disk might contain between half a million and a million files. […]

September 1, 2023

iOS 17 is set to be released in September with a number of new features, ranging from upgrades to Messages, major upgrades to autocorrect, and more. There are multiple new iOS 17 features, however, that Apple previewed at WWDC but […]

August 29, 2023

As the iPhone 15 announcement nears, Apple has switched iOS 17 beta updates to a weekly basis. That said, the company is now seeding the eighth test version of the upcoming operating system, and the Release Candidate version could be […]

August 29, 2023

As the first major testing cycle of watchOS 10 is about to end, Apple is releasing watchOS 10 beta 8 to Apple Watch registered developers. For the tenth watchOS update, Apple says that “virtually every app has been rethought,” and there’s even more coming. […]

August 22, 2023

The best way to run Windows on a Mac is being updated with new features and macoS Sonoma compatibility. Among the new features in the latest Parallels Desktop release are TouchID support for Windows, enhanced multitouch, and better support for […]

August 22, 2023

As the testing cycle follows, Apple is releasing watchOS 10 beta 7 to Apple Watch registered developers. For the tenth huge watchOS update, Apple says that “virtually every app has been rethought,” and there’s even more coming. With beta 5, […]

August 21, 2023

A fresh change tucked away in the most recent macOS Sonoma beta could be a boon to Mac IT admins, as it should make it a little easier to get bricked Macs out of Device Firmware Update (DFU) mode. Macs […]

August 21, 2023

QR codes are an interesting technology due to their wide range of use cases, and Google has just found another one. Earlier this year, the company announced that it was working on an eSIM transfer tool for Android. The feature, […]

August 16, 2023

Is Windows 11 better than Windows 10? Should you upgrade? That’s a question I’ve been getting a lot from the readers of my Windows Intelligence newsletter. People also want to know whether Microsoft has fixed the problems Windows 11 had […]

August 15, 2023

With iOS 17 expected to be released in a month from now, Apple has switched its beta pattern to weekly updates. That said, don’t expect major changes in future testing versions, as the company is now improving stability and battery […]

August 15, 2023

A week after releasing iPadOS 17 beta 5, Apple is now seeding beta 6 to registered developers. As we near the final release of this upcoming operating system, the Cupertino firm is now making available new updates on a weekly […]

August 9, 2023

A day after seeding iOS 17 beta 5, Apple is releasing public beta 3 to users enrolled in the Apple Beta Software program. The company is also seeding new public testing versions of iPadOS 17, watchOS 10, macOS Sonoma, tvOS […]

August 3, 2023

The iPhone’s Camera app is one virtual button press away, just long-press the icon on the Lock Screen, and you can start snapping pictures and videos almost immediately. But once the Camera app opens, you might have to select your […]

August 3, 2023

Microsoft is about to release a big Windows update next month, which should bring Copilot to all Windows 11 users. That’s a new generative AI assistant that will replace Cortana on Windows. You can test Copilot already in beta if […]

August 2, 2023

Unlike previous macOS versions, macOS Sonoma doesn’t add much to users. But one update I was desperately hoping for was a new Apple Music app. Ever since Apple killed iTunes with macOS Catalina in 2019 and started offering new Music, […]

August 1, 2023

Following the release of iOS 16.6 last week, Apple has now stopped signing iOS 16.5.1 and iPadOS 16.5.1. This means that iPhone and iPad users can no longer downgrade to this version of the operating system if they’re already running […]