OS X

UK launch of Apple’s Back to School deal expected very soon

Earlier this month Apple has launched its high anticipated Back to School deal in the United States and Canada and it is set to launch in the UK any day….

OS X 10.11.6 Now Freely Available to All El Capitan Users

Apple has just released what might be the last update for El Capitan on the Mac. OS X 10.11.6 is now available as a free download for all El Capitan…

Alleged Icons for Siri on Mac Unearthed by “Reliable” Source

Earlier this year, it was reported that Apple’s virtual assistant Siri was coming to the Mac – and, now, a “reliable” source has shared what are supposedly on-screen icons for…

Second OS X 10.11.4 El Capitan Beta Pushed to Public Testers

Mac owners who are part of Apple’s beta testing program can now try out the second beta version of OS X 10.11.4. This will be the fourth major release of…

Microsoft Releases Learning Tools for OneNote 2013 and 2016

For desktop Windows and OS X versions of its comprehensive note-taking app OneNote, Microsoft has released a package of features, called Learning Tools, intended to help students with dyslexia. Though…

New Update Adds Features to Microsoft Office 2016 for Mac

Microsoft has bumped up Microsoft Office 2016 for Mac to version 15.8.0 – and, with this fresh update, there are new features for the apps Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote and…

Twitter Mac App Hugely Updated with New Design and Features

Twitter has given its Mac app a significant update today, introducing a revamped design and various exciting features. This brings it into line with the social network’s more frequently updated…

Apple Issues iTunes 12.3.2 with Better Apple Music Browsing

Apple has just released a minor update to the iTunes software on OS X and Windows. The most notable improvement is to Classical music browsing in Apple Music, bringing it…

Google to Drop Chrome Updates for Pre-2013 Versions of OS X

Google has announced that, from April 2016, its Chrome web browser will no longer receive updates on OS X 10.6, 10.7 and 10.8, as Apple no longer actively supports these…

iOS 10 and OS X “Fuji” Said to Be in Early Internal Testing

Less than two months after the releases of iOS 9 and OS X El Capitan, Apple has evidently ramped up early internal testing of the successor operating systems iOS 10…

OS X El Capitan Available as Free Update for Mac Tomorrow

The next major version of the OS X operating system for Mac will become freely available tomorrow – and El Capitan, as this version is called, has already attracted favorable…

Apple Releases OS X El Capitan Recovery Update for Mac

A fresh stage in the pre-release development of OS X El Capitan, the next major version of the operating system for Mac computers, has seen Apple issue an OS X…

Apple Releases OS X 10.10.4 with Tweaks for Photos and Mail

With all the publicity about the launches of iOS 8.4 and Apple Music, it is too easy to overlook that, yesterday, Apple also released OS X 10.10.4 for Mac computers….

A Great Game Allowing You to Refight the Battle of Waterloo

It is this coming Thursday, June 18, which marks the bicentenary of the Battle of Waterloo – one of the most important battles in European history, as it saw the…

Why OS X El Capitan Isn’t Just ‘Business as Usual’

Written by Gavin Lenaghan Reading the publicity material about OS X El Capitan, the latest version of the software underpinning the venerable Mac, you would be understood for thinking that…