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Today I’m going to discuss the recent explosion in malware targeting Apple computers and mobile devices and give you a few tips for keeping your Apple gear malware-free.
For the longest time folks who used Mac computers and other Apple devices didn’t really have to worry that much about malware infecting their machines, but that has now changed. [Read more…]
Apple is planning to release iOS 10.3 before long, and with that update will come several significant changes to the operating system.
I believe most of those changes will be good ones, but there’s one that concerns me.
Beginning with iOS 10.3, Apple will start “analyzing” your iCloud data to “help them improve intelligent features and services such as Siri and other similar or related services.”
In a nutshell, that means Apple will soon start scanning your email, your notes, your contacts, your photos, your calendar, Keychain, Find My iPhone, your iTunes items and all the various files you have stored on iCloud. [Read more…]
Hackers and scammers have been using ransomware attacks to extort money from unsuspecting PC users for years, and now they’re targeting smartphone and tablet users as well.
Unfortunately, it’s very easy to install a malicious app on your phone or tablet by mistakenly thinking the app is legit.
Right now there’s a very dangerous ransomware app targeting Android users, and apparently plenty of people are installing it. [Read more…]
Apple has just released several important updates that patch a number of dangerous security holes and squash some rather irritating bugs in macOS and iOS.
Some of the most critical patches were written to fix security flaws in the Safari web browser, an app that many of us use each and every day.
The security holes and bugs being patched range from minor in importance to critical, therefore I recommend that you update all of your Apple devices right away.
It’s very easy to install the updates. Simply follow the instructions below for the Apple devices that you own. [Read more…]
Most modern digital cameras do an excellent job at tweaking the images they capture in-camera to create great looking JPEG files, and for most casual photographers JPEGs are just fine.
That being said, many professional photographers and serious amateurs prefer shooting in RAW mode in order to retain complete creative control over the photos they take.
In a nutshell, RAW image files retain virtually all of the image data that was captured by the camera’s sensor. Since no adjustments are made in-camera, no image data is lost so photographers can edit their photos to their liking. [Read more…]