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Adam Engst 21 comments

A Roundup of Vertical Tab Support in Mac Web Browsers

After becoming a convert to vertical tabs thanks to Arc, Adam Engst is now seeing and hearing about vertical tabs support all over the place. Though none are luring him away from Arc, he runs down the options in Brave, Firefox, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Opera, Orion, Safari, SigmaOS, and Vivaldi. So many browsers!

Safari 16.5 Adam Engst No comments

Safari 16.5

Patches five WebKit security vulnerabilities in Monterey and Big Sur. (Free, various sizes, macOS 11+)

Safari 16.4.1 Adam Engst 4 comments

Safari 16.4.1

Patches a WebKit security vulnerability in Monterey and Big Sur. (Free, various sizes, macOS 11+)

Safari 16.4 Adam Engst No comments

Safari 16.4

Patches security vulnerabilities in Monterey and Big Sur. (Free, various sizes, macOS 11+)

Safari 16.3.1 Adam Engst 21 comments

Safari 16.3.1

Patches a security vulnerability in Monterey and Big Sur. (Free, various sizes, macOS 11+)

Safari 16.3 Agen Schmitz 1 comment

Safari 16.3

Patches security vulnerabilities in Monterey and Big Sur. (Free, various sizes, macOS 11+)

Safari 16.2 Adam Engst No comments

Safari 16.2

Patches security vulnerabilities in Monterey and Big Sur. (Free, various sizes, macOS 11+)

Safari 16.1 Agen Schmitz 3 comments

Safari 16.1

Patches security vulnerabilities in Monterey and Big Sur. (Free, various sizes, macOS 11+)

Safari 16 Agen Schmitz 12 comments

Safari 16

Updates the Web browser's Tab Groups feature and provides several security updates. (Free, various sizes, macOS 11/12)

Safari 15.6.1 Josh Centers 8 comments

Safari 15.6.1

Patches a major security vulnerability for Big Sur and Catalina. (Free, various sizes, macOS 10.15+)

Adam Engst 62 comments

Survey Results: Which iOS 15 and macOS 12 Monterey Features Do You Actually Use?

The results are in and wow, do people not use a lot of Apple’s features. In fact, only 4 of 20 features garnered more votes from those who used the feature than those who didn’t. Some of the usage patterns are no surprise—SharePlay, really?—but others caught us off guard.

Safari 15.6 Agen Schmitz No comments

Safari 15.6

Patches security vulnerabilities for Big Sur and Catalina. (Free, various sizes, macOS 10.15+)

Adam Engst 16 comments

Solving Connectivity Problems Caused by Interlocking Apple Privacy Settings

In its ongoing effort to protect users’ privacy, Apple has built a series of related technologies into macOS 12 Monterey, iOS 15, and iPadOS 15. Unfortunately, they can cause network connectivity issues, such that you might want to disable one or more. Here is how we think they work.

Adam Engst 63 comments

Seven Head-Scratching Features from WWDC 2022

Although there’s much to look forward to in macOS 13 Ventura, iOS 16, and iPadOS 16, there are also some features that had us scratching our heads, wondering what had gotten into the Cupertino drinking water. 

Safari 15.5 Agen Schmitz 2 comments

Safari 15.5

Patches three WebKit-related security vulnerabilities. (Free, various sizes, macOS 10.15+)