The big news this week is the theft of nude photos from the iCloud accounts of a number of Hollywood actresses. Rich Mogull brings you analysis of Apple’s official statement, and Josh Centers reports on what Tim Cook says Apple will do to improve iCloud security. OS X Yosemite is coming soon, and you can get ready ahead of time with the early-bird version of Joe Kissell’s “Take Control of Upgrading to Yosemite.” In other Take Control news, we’re excited to publish the final chapter of Charles Edge’s streamed “Take Control of OS X Server” — TidBITS members can learn all about server maintenance. If you sync your music collection between iTunes on the desktop and an iOS device, losing access to that computer could orphan your music collection — Josh Centers has discovered a simple, free app to recover your music. Finally, in FunBITS this week, Julio Ojeda-Zapata explains how you can host your own backyard movie night. Notable software releases this week include VMware Fusion 7.0 and Mailplane 3.3.
A reported Find My iPhone security flaw wasn’t responsible for the recent theft of celebrity photos, according to Apple, but iCloud may still have been the source of the images.
After the celebrity photo thefts from iCloud, Tim Cook spoke with The Wall Street Journal, promising better iCloud security. But with a high-profile product launch around the corner, is Apple doing enough to regain the trust of users?
With the clock ticking on the official release of OS X Yosemite, we have an early-bird version of Joe Kissell’s “Take Control of Upgrading to Yosemite” to help you get ready, and pre-order discounts on other forthcoming books.
In the final streamed chapter of “Take Control of OS X Server,” Charles Edge shares server maintenance tips and points readers to additional resources for OS X Server sysadmins.
With his wife’s music library locked up in a rusty iPod touch, Josh Centers had to find a way to rescue it. Luckily, he found DeTune, which can copy media from an iOS device that can’t be accessed normally via iTunes.
A MacBook Air, an iPod Hi-Fi, a projector, and a projection screen become the ingredients for two backyard movie nights attended by dozens of little “Frozen” fanatics. Follow along and you could host your own event!
Notable software releases this week include VMware Fusion 7.0 and Mailplane 3.3.
This week in ExtraBITS, we have details on how to watch Apple’s September 9th product announcement, along with information about your personal Apple support page and a list of mistakes that cause iOS apps to be rejected. In other news, Twitpic is shutting down after 6 years, and Verizon is settling with the FCC over privacy violations.