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TidBITS#1242/29-Sep-2014

After a botched iOS 8.0.1 update that disabled cellular connectivity and Touch ID for many iPhone users, Apple quickly released iOS 8.0.2 to fix those issues, along with other iOS 8.0 problems. But that wasn’t the end of Apple’s software concerns for the week: a long-standing vulnerability in the ubiquitous Bash shell could leave some systems exposed, as Rich Mogull explains. In a Jeff/Geoff op-ed trifecta, Jeff Carlson explains why Apple kept 16 GB iPhones in the lineup and dropped 32 GB models, Jeff Porten expounds on why he’s not impressed with Apple’s latest offerings, and Geoff Duncan investigates Apple’s new commitment to privacy. Finally, in FunBITS this week, Josh Centers tours Epic Zen Garden, which isn’t so much a game as a visually stunning demonstration of the iPhone 6’s power. Notable software releases this week include OS X Server 3.2.1, Evernote 5.6, SpamSieve 2.9.16, Sandvox 2.9, PopChar X 6.7, and Typinator 6.2.