With all the marketing Apple does around privacy, and all the talk lately of government surveillance around the globe, you would hope that the data for all your Apple cloud services is locked down tight.…
In its latest attempt to erode the protections of strong encryption, the U.K. government has reportedly secretly ordered Apple to build a backdoor that would allow British security officials to access the encrypted cloud storage…
Government officials in the United Kingdom have reportedly secretly ordered Apple to build a backdoor that would give its authorities access to users’ encrypted iCloud data. The Washington Post reports that the demand was issued…
Apple-designed chips powering Macs, iPhones, and iPads contain two newly discovered vulnerabilities that leak credit card information, locations, and other sensitive data from the Chrome and Safari browsers as they visit sites such as iCloud…
Jamf on Tuesday revealed the details of an iCloud vulnerability that was fixed with the release of iOS 18, iPadOS 18, and macOS 15 Sequoia. The vulnerability involved the Transparency, Consent, and Control (TCC) subsystem, and…
Macworld Apple’s iCloud Keychain is fantastic when using Safari on different devices, but it’s not as useful when switching to a different browser. Not anymore. Mozilla has announced that a new iCloud Passwords extension for…
At a glance Expert’s Rating Pros Baked into all Apple OS platforms. Additional features available. Simple way to sync the things you need so you can access them wherever you are. Cons Web app is…
iCloud Drive lets you have the best of both worlds: deep storage that provides a form of backup and syncs across all your devices. If you enable optimized storage in macOS in System Settings > Account…
Years ago, a tech executive mentioned having a “day” iPhone and a “night” iPhone. The poor fellow was ribbed for months about it when he was more accurately describing an iPhone paid by work that…
A few years ago, Apple decided to offer seamless optimization for storage on your Mac. Instead of knowing where every byte (or gigabyte) lived, you could enable optimization in Photos or iCloud Drive. With this…