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Top Stories: iOS 15.6 Released, M2 MacBook Air Teardown, M2 Extreme Mac Pro?
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Top Stories: iOS 15.6 Released, M2 MacBook Air Teardown, M2 Extreme Mac Pro?
Saturday July 23, 2022 6:00 am PDT by MacRumors Staff
This week saw Apple news on both the software and hardware fronts, as the company released iOS 15.6, macOS 12.5, and related operating system updates while we also got our first good looks inside the brand-new M2 MacBook Air.
Apple Releases iOS 15.6 With New Live Sports Features and More
Apple this week released iOS 15.6 with a handful of new features and bug fixes for the iPhone. In the TV app, for example, it is now possible to restart a live sports game that is already in progress.
Apple has also released iPadOS 15.6 with a fix for an iPad mini 6 charging issue, macOS 12.5 with the same live sports enhancements, watchOS 8.7, tvOS 15.6, and HomePod software version 15.6 with support for Siri in two additional languages and more.
M2 MacBook Air Teardown Reveals Accelerometer, Battery Pull Tabs, and More
Following the launch of the new MacBook Air, both iFixit and YouTube channel Max Tech have completed a teardown of the notebook.
Max Tech provided a look at the M2 chip, single NAND storage chip for the 256GB model, and some other logic board components.
'The MacRumors Show' Podcast: Jonathan Morrison Talks Spatial Audio
YouTube creator Jonathan Morrison joined us on the latest episode of "The MacRumors Show" podcast to take a deep dive into Apple's audio technologies, including Spatial Audio and Dolby Atmos.
M2 'Extreme' Chip Headed to New Mac Pro for Blazing Fast Performance
Apple is working on a new Mac Pro with an M2 "Extreme" chip, according to a recent report from well-connected Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman.
iPhone X vs. iPhone 14 Pro: New Features to Expect if You've Waited to Upgrade
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Other comparisons: iPhone XS vs. 14 Pro, 11 Pro vs. 14 Pro, and 12 Pro vs. 14 Pro.
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Apple recently shared a list of 15 games that will be removed from Apple Arcade soon due to the upcoming expiry of some three-year deals that Apple signed with some game developers.
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Top Rated Comments
1 day ago at 09:04 am
Apple has also released iPadOS 15.6 with a fix for an iPad mini 6 charging issue ('https://www.macrumors.com/2022/07/20/ipados-15-6-fixes-ipad-mini-6-charging-issue/'), macOS 12.5 ('https://www.macrumors.com/2022/07/20/apple-releases-macos-12-5/') with the same live sports enhancements, watchOS 8.7 ('https://www.macrumors.com/2022/07/20/apple-releases-watchos-8-7/'), tvOS 15.6 ('https://www.macrumors.com/2022/07/20/apple-releases-tvos-15-6/'), and HomePod software version 15.6 ('https://www.macrumors.com/2022/07/20/apple-releases-homepod-15-6-software-with-siri-voice-recognition-in-additional-languages/') with support for Siri in two additional languages ('https://www.macrumors.com/2022/07/21/homepod-swedish-norwegian-support/') and more.For a lot of people these latest OS releases represent what will be best versions of what the last year provided.
1 day ago at 10:29 am
I was actually just thinking this yesterday. I notice that dumb banner at the top of the screen when the phone is unlocking the watch has gone away again. Lots of little things seem to have been ironed out.Maybe .3 as that is how long it took Universal Control to be implemented. :D
Kind of makes me want to skip 16 until about this time next year. Probably will at least wait until .1
Here's a listing of what got added since the WWDC 2021 OS's were released last Sept and later on. You can readily discern how much has been added/redesigned/changed. :)
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212585
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212788
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212789
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211815
https://support.apple.com/guide/tv/whats-new-in-tvos-15-atvb457e13ae/tvos
1 day ago at 10:59 am
Maybe .3 as that is how long it took Universal Control to be implemented. :DFor some reason the bottom of the iOS 15 updates page is in French. Despite the URL clearly saying en-us. It even links to fr and fr-ca pages. I had to switch to en-gb to get it in English. Weird.
Here's a listing of what got added since the WWDC 2021 OS's were released last Sept and later on. You can readily discern how much has been added/redesigned/changed. :)
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212585
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212788
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212789
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211815
https://support.apple.com/guide/tv/whats-new-in-tvos-15-atvb457e13ae/tvos
And back on topic there were some major, major bugs not fixed until 15.1.1. Actually each release except for 15.5 had an immediate .1 release to fix a major bug.
Waiting for about 16.5 does actually seem to be a good idea. But who am I kidding, I'll be downloading the second it's available.
23 hours ago at 01:26 pm
British gutter press ran a very unusual and out of place article the other day informing people that they need to upgrade to 15.6 “NOW” because 15.5 is basically hacked and has 39 critical vulnerabilities or some other such bluster. Highly suspicious story.Leave it to the news to create clickbait, but its hasn't been hacked, only some real vulnerabilities addressed.
Apple’s release notes ('https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT213346') for iOS 15.6 lists 37 security fixes, some of which are pretty serious.
Examples
* CVE-2022-32788 - Impact: A remote user may be able to cause kernel code execution. Description: A buffer overflow was addressed with improved bounds checking.
* CVE-2022-32832 - Impact: An app with root privileges may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges. Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
* CVE-2022-32847 - Impact: A remote user may be able to cause unexpected system termination or corrupt kernel memory. Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks.
* CVE-2022-32849 - Impact: An app may be able to access sensitive user information. Description: An information disclosure issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code.
* CVE-2022-32857 - Impact: A user in a privileged network position can track a user’s activities. Description: This issue was addressed by using HTTPS when sending information over the network.
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