Just less than two months ago, Apple users discovered a low serious security  flaw in macOS again, that allowing anyone to log in with root access. Though Apple apologized and fixed it quickly, what happen to macOS these years with so many flaws exposed? Now users on Open Radar have found a similar (but far less severe) macOS password bug.

The vulnerability is also very simple, if you’re running macOS High Sierra, try this:

• Click on System Preferences.
• Click on App Store.
• Click on the padlock icon to lock it if necessary.
• Click on the padlock icon again.
• Enter your username and any password.
• Click Unlock.

No matter what passport you put in, the App Store preferences pane would be unlock. Moreover, you can use any password in iMac and MacBook Pro which running macOS High Sierra 10.13.2.

The bad news is that this is a really easy to replicate security vulnerability. The good news is that users running the 10.13.3 beta have not yet been able to reproduce the bug, so it’s probably fixed in that upcoming release.

Soon, following the root password vulnerability, Apple apologized in a statement and added that it was “auditing its development processes to help prevent this from happening again,” so this is a rather embarrassing mishap.

We greatly regret this error and we apologize to all Mac users, both for releasing with this vulnerability and for the concern it has caused. Our customers deserve better. We are auditing our development processes to help prevent this from happening again.

But the explosion of the flaw also leaves some questions to Apple about what’s going on with their systems. There are always low-level flaws, can we still trust macOS like we used to do?

A system bug was found in macOS High Sierra of 2017 MacBook Air and 2016 Touch Bar MacBook Pro, a Mac user Moriartyr said, and the truth is that, this system bug has been getting confirmed by Apple customer service.

Let’s take a look at the trigger and performance of this bug:

Under the Icon display mode of any folder of Finder, the bug will be triggered when dragging multiple files (more than four in testing) in the download folder to the Finder folder in turn. That is to say, this is most likely to happen when you download a bunch of files at once and drag out the downloaded files.

In 2016 Touch Bar MacBook Pro:

• Finder display insanity, which new window is covered and closed and can still see the closed window content in the Finder;

In 2017 MacBook Air:

• All the dragged files in are missing, while Two tiny sliders appear on the right and below location;

The common performance:

• Restarting the folder will still trigger this BUG and will not be able to manipulate the dragged files.

How should you fix this bug

We’ll also provide the solution for all of Mac users:

Solution I:
Click the icon in the Finder to switch to the list display can return to normal situation.
Then press shortcuts Command + J, Check the “Always Open with List” on the top of the jump dialog.
Solution II:
Using the Terminal cp-r command to copy the files in problem can recover to normal display.
This solution is also suitable for the display bug in the MacBook Pro, which it can’t find the list display icon when display insanity.

Apple’s customer service says engineers are urgently fixing the problem, and it will be fixed till the nest version. So, if you have the same problem, try to use above methods to handle it now.

 

Apple today released the newest version of its operating system for Macs, macOS High Sierra 10.13 available to the public. macOS High Sierra is a free download that’s available today for four Apple system platforms, including iOS, WatchOS, tvOS and macOS.

MacOS High Sierra brings new features and improvements include new Apple file system (APFS), Safari 11, photos, Photo upgrade, iCloud file sharing, and a lot of architectural improvements, etc.

System requirements

Apple says the system requirements for macOS High Sierra are all available for Mac which are launched in the mid-year or later in 2010, or the MacBook and iMac since end of the year of 2009. The No. of official version for macOS High Sierra is 17A365, which is a little bit difference with GM (17A3262). macOS High Sierra can be downloaded directly from the Mac App Store or through the Software Update function in the Mac App Store.

 

A full list about the requirements for macOS High Sierra:
2009 and Later
– iMac (Late 2009)
– MacBook (Late 2009)

2010 and Later
– MacBook Air (Late 2010)
– MacBook Pro (Mid 2010)
– Mac mini (Mid 2010)
– Mac Pro (Mid 2010)

Key new features in macOS High Sierra

We’ve discussed the key new features in macOS High Sierra overall before the launch of official version, including Safari, Photo, APFS, Video, Metal 2, and more in these stories:
macOS High Sierra: New Features We Know (Part I)
macOS High Sierra: New Features We Know (Part II)

iBook Author

Following the arrival of the official version of the macOS High Sierra, Apple has updated the Mac iBook Author. It is reported that the new version introducing improvements to Photo and Video, while supporting wide-gamut image, making improvement in performance and stability.

About the new feature if iBook Author, Drag-and-drop feature to add images and video from Photo application through using media browser, while supports the gamut image, and making improvement in performance and stability.

iMovie

while iMovie App is officially upgraded, with support of Apple High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC), and it also has been improved compatibility with YouTube meanwhile.

VMware announced on earlier this week on August 22 that VMware 2017 Mac Desktop Hypervisor lineup: VMware Fusion 10 and VMware Fusion 10 Pro would be launched in October 2017, with enhanced GPU and 3D graphics performance. It will also support for macOS 10.13 High Sierra and the latest MacBook Pro series Touch Bar.

Fusion, like competitor Parallels, allows you to run virtual Windows machines – or individual Windows apps – within macOS. This can be more convenient than Boot Camp for those who operate primarily in a macOS environment.

According the blog of VMware, Fusion 10 includes full compatibility with macOS High Sierra, integration with the Touch Bar on the latest MacBook Pro models. And VMware Fusion 10 will use Apple Metal 2 technology to improve graphics performance, efficiency, and rendering accuracy. In addition, the user interface will be redesigned, including improved Installation and Migrate Your PC wizards. What’s more, the VMware Fusion 10 will support hundreds of operating systems, including the latest version of Windows 10, and various Linux distributions.

“A big feature several years in the making is our new support for Apple’s Metal Graphics acceleration technology, which gives our virtual GPU engine a noticeable boost in Performance, Battery/Power Efficiency and accuracy of rendering. Both games and professional applications like AutoCAD benefit from this enhanced feature.”

In addition to Fusion 10, VMware will launch Fusion 10 Pro, too, for IT professionals and developers. As the same, Fusion 10 Pro also features a redesigned user interface, enhanced network control and REST API support. Besides, Fusion 10 Pro supports for integration with VMware PhotonOS, and support for Microsoft’s new virtualization-based security features such as Credential Guard.

VMware Fusion 10 and Fusion 10 Pro are expected to be available in October for the prices of $79 and $159. Fusion 8.5 customers will be able to upgrade to Fusion 10 for $49 or Fusion 10 Pro for $119. Moreover, consumers who purchase Fusion 8.5 or Fusion 8.5 Pro will be able to upgrade to Fusion 10 or Fusion 10 Pro for free during August 22 to November 1 with no more extra charge required on the VMware online store.

Apple just released the first public beta for MacOS High Sierra on Thursday, many of the biggest changes to the software are ones you can’t easily recognize, but it is surely that many new features have been updated into Photo app in macOS High Sierra.

That’s because Apple spent more time on improving core technologies and performance than on flashy new features. Apple did pay particular attention to its Photos app, which is getting a ton of upgrades with High Sierra.

New Features in Photo for macOS High Sierra

As a photo fan, I think you’re ready and looking forward to learn more new changes in Photo to better manage. In last post, we have introduced the favorite new Photo features in MacOS High Sierra include expanded sidebar, better organization, new Photo editing tool (Curves and Selective Color) and revamped filters, in this page, we will continue to list more new features that will certainly influence Photo when using, keep reading to learn more.

Live Photos editing

Speaking of Live Photos, you can now edit Live Photos on your desktop with Photos much the same way as you can with iOS 11. A few new effects are brought to iOS 11, and even in High Sierra, Apple hasn’t forgotten to upgrade the editing feature in Live Photos.
The Loop effect puts the Live Photo in an infinite loop. The Bounce effect plays the action backward and forward. The Long Exposure effect blurs the moving parts of the image while keeping the still parts the same.

Take a detailed example to show how useful of these added editing features to take blurred water flowing and extended light trails: usually it needs a DSLR or a manual camera app along with a tripod. But, after having Live Photos’ Long Exposure effect, you can achieve a similar look without any additional equipment.

Users can trim or mute the clips. Also, there’s an option to select a cover photo for each Live Photo.

Works great with third‑party apps.

Photo apps on Mac can now be better integrated with third-party application tools. For example, you can now open a picture from third-party editing applications directly from Photos and the edits made in it can be synced seamlessly with the Photos app. now this new feature is supporting Adobe Photoshop and Pixelmator. To achieve the above mention, all you need to do is just right-click the image and share it with Photoshop or Pixelmator.

It also supports for third-party project extensions to help you access publishing and printing services like Animoto, ifolor, Shutterfly, WhiteWall and Wix, right within the Photos app.

Other features and improvements

The Memories feature introduced in iOS 10 and macOS Sierra automatically curates the best pictures from your library and then displays them as slideshows. In High Sierra, the Photos app gains more intelligent categories like babies, weddings and birthdays in an effort to showcase even more personal moments.

Mac Photo is getting better and better

Tracing the history of Photo app development, Apple removed iPhoto and Aperture in 2014, whic were the most popular and welcomed by users at that time with the launch of OS X Yosemite operating system, and with the new replacement of brand-new Photo for Mac was born. A lot of users got upset about missing features like the star-rating system and geotagging photos. Since then, Photos has improved in many aspects by Apple, but the lack of such beloved features shows that Apple’s app still has a long way to go.

After all, Photo app in brand-new macOS High Sierra has great improvements. It’s a great step forward in photo management and basic editing. Do you like the improvements in new Photo? Just feel free to leave your comment.

Two weeks following the release of the second public betas and only one day following the release of the third developer beta, Apple released the third public betas for iOS 11 and macOS High Sierra on July 25 of local time.

The public betas allow non-developers to download, install and test the latest operating system of Apple. In addition, users who have already installed the former public betas can update the latest iOS 11and macOS High Sierra public betas through OTA or Mac App Store.(Settings > General > Software Update on iOS, then click the Apple icon, and go to App Store. From there, click on Updates in macOS.).

Click here if you want to participate in Apple Public Beta projects, and users may get iOS and OS X public betas after subscribing to the website.

macOS High Sierra

macOS High Sierra focuses on the core of the new storage, video, and graphics technology, which includes the Apple File System, HEVC support, Metal 2, improvements to Mail, Photos, and Safari, and more.

Except those new upgrades, some new features have been brought into other applications, including Photo and Safari. In macOS High Sierra, Safari can stop the auto-play video in web page now. at the same time, Siri adds more music control functions.

For more on macOS High Sierra, check out the former stories:

• macOS High Sierra Public Beta is Now Available (Part I)
• macOS High Sierra Public Beta is Now Available (Part II)

iOS 11

iOS 11 contains many changes in design, including customizable lock screen interface of control and notification center. Meanwhile, Apple has updated the features of Siri, Photo and Camera.

Besides, iOS 11 also support ARKit, which helps developers launch AR app conveniently. The features in iOS 11 for iPad gave been improved a lot, too, including to support new Dock, better multitasking, file app, Apple Pencil, new switcher and system-level drag-and-drop.

We have introduced the what’s new in coming iOS 11, which you can preview what’s new in here.

Apple has released the sixth iOS 10.3.3 beta for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch, meanwhile, it has also released the sixth macOS 10.12.6 beta for Mac, which just a weeks ago Apple released fifth betas both of them.

Although iOS 10.3.3 beta 6 is possibly unable to run the last beta of iOS 11 system equipment, except new wallpaper in 12.9-inch iPad Pro, no significant changes is found in this latest beta.

As a matter of fact, there are no significant feature updates or bug fixes in the previous five betas of iOS 10.3.3, which indicates that iOS 10.3.3 is only updated in a smaller scale, besides, it’s focusing on security updates, bug fixes, and other minor improvements.

Moreover, iOS 10.3.3 might be the last operating system version update of iOS 10, because Apple has shifted its focus to iOS 11 for the coming new iPhone 8 and 7S on fall this year. The first beta was launched to developers on June 5, and now it has already two betas in all.

Same as iOS 10.3.3, the previous five betas has no significant feature change, design adjustment or notable bug fixes were found in macOS 10.12.6. Due to no notification of beta by Apple, therefore, it is not clearly to know what is contain in the explanation content.

Certainly, the focus on the Mac operating system by Apple will also be transferred to macOS High Sierra after Worldwide Developers Conference on June 5, so macOS 10.12.6 might be the last updated of Sierra systems.

So many “last” version of Apple system, users must cherish the memory of today’s version now. And if you’re interested in macOS High Sierra, you can check out our detailed article on both here, and here respectively.

Earlier last month on June 5 at the Worldwide Developers Conference, Apple seeded the first public beta of macOS High Sierra to public beta testers, allowing non-developers to download and test the update for the first time. And Apple just had launched the first Public Beta of macOS High Sierra at the end of last month on June 30.

Apple just launched the public beta of macOS High Sierra. It’s available to download now if you’re feeling brave or you can download it from App Store on your Mac.

in last two articles, we have initial introduced the New Features in macOS High Sierra, If you haven’t read it, go to the first part and second part for scanning general situation. Now it is about the real use experience of the first Public Beta.

New Core Technologies of macOS High Sierra

macOS High Sierra is paving the way for Mac with a variety of innovative in the future. New core technologies make Mac faster and more powerful than before. These new core technologies include:

APFS

In last page, we had also listed the new feature in macOS High Sierra: APFS is an entirely revamped, modern file system that’s optimized for solid state storage. Apple adopted the hierarchical file system at the very beginning, which is what we are familiar with HFS. Subsequently, Apple introduced its own HFS+ file system, and has been in use ever since.
New Apple File System (APFS) has solved couple of problems exist in HFS and HFS+. Honestly, most users haven’t realized these problems on their computers. In order to fix the hard drive capacity problem that limit to HFS+, APFS adopts the 64-bit APFS index node, that is file ID, while HFS+ used 32-bit, so you can think this is a great process that APFS have made.

APFS can still support the local single-key and secret-key cryptography, that is to say, users can use the FielVault to encrypt or decrypt individual files and folders, and lock/unlock the entire hard drive. Spotlight search is also a little faster than beforedue to the search itself and the capacity of the hard disk. for most users, in a word, what APFS can bring is absolutely obvious: it makes you hard drive run faster and safer than before.

New Video Standard

As more and more popular of 4K video,High Efficiency Video Encoding (HEVC aka H.265) is coming in macOS High Sierra, and many of the existing apps are being updated. Frequency compression rate can be improved as high as 40%. While maintain the same video quality, video streaming is better, and storage space occupied by 2 on Mac in the usage of HEVC.

Metal 2

Metal 2 has certainly opened the door of games creation, machine learning and virtual reality content creation. The incoming Metal 2 update brings new capabilities in machine learning, virtual reality and external GPU support. No matter you areplaying games, creating or developing software, Metal 2 can provide powerful strength to help you realize your imagination.

Virtual Reality

Macos high sierra enables developers to use Mac to create interactive virtual reality experiences for the first time, developers will be able to use peripherals like the HTC Vive VR headset and apps like Final Cut Pro X, SteamVR, Epic Unreal 4 Editor and Unity Editor to create immersive new worlds, says Apple.

Continue to read more details of rest part here.

In last article we had talked about the new features of macOS High Sierra, in this article, we will continue to introduce the new features in macOS High Sierra that will officially release on this fall.

APFS

macOS High Sierra adopts the Apple File System (APFS), that is most important function brought into macOS. APFS is an entirely revamped, modern file system that’s optimized for solid state storage. It replaces HFS + the new system for running 30 years. APFS is designed on the basis of 64-bit architecture, which is safer, faster, stronger, enabling higher-quality video streaming and playback of 4K video files, enhancing native encryption, space shared, file clone, snapshot, and crash protection, etc.

Video

Other update in macOS High Sierra is about the Video, it supports H.265 decode base on H.264 first of all, which the compressibility compared to H.264 has increased 40 percent, more importantly, the video quality remains the same. The point is that new Video has been upgraded to Metal 2 from the original Meta l in view of the GPU performance.

Metal 2

Metal 2 provides a better development and performance log analysis function, except processing 3D video, it can also be used for deep learning, natural language processing, and thus brought a new computer vision. Apple is the first time to bring support for VR virtual reality, compatible with HTC vive meanwhile, and Apple has unveiled a new suite of Metal VR developers for developers, while optimize professional applications including Final Cut Pro x, SteamVR, and Epic Unreal 4 Editor and Unity Editor.

Other Improvements

There are some other improvements in macOS High Sierra, such as AI while integrate with Siri, which its voice is more natural, and can learn from you and provide advises. iCloud Drive now support sending link sharing, and store the verity kind of information in iCloud, while iCloud supports family sharing by storage plan. Moreover, Memo supports set-top and form-added operation. While FaceTime supports storage by Live Photo catch. And Spotlight supports flight information at hand and so on.
macOS High Sierra is currently only available for developers, Apple plans to make a public beta available in July, the official is available in the fall