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1. It's got Touch ID
2. It's $100 more expensive

I'm not entirely convinced that Touch ID is worth the extra $100. Hopefully the IHS teardown will indicate if there is anything else of value between the two.

My understanding is that you have no fucking clue on what it actually is.

https://www.apple.com/apple-pa...

No. If Apple had developed it, it would not have had any command-line interface except for XML files and the "defaults" program, its interfaces would have been proprietary to Apple,

Yes that's why LLVM, Clang, OpenCL, Zero-Configuration, and WebKit only works on Apple machines.

Wait, what? Where'd all this hostility come from? I've used Macs for 25 years, and I'm using a Mac to type this. I like parts of Apple and MacOS X, but I recognize some of its shortcomings. In my opinion, nothing is perfect.

I didn't say that Apple does not do open source. CUPS, LLVM, Clang, and KHTML (predecessor of WebKit) were not invented at Apple, and Apple complies with the license terms of the original projects. ZeroConf and OpenCL are examples of basic infrastructure that Apple decided would be in their interests if they were widely adopted. Apple has some surprisingly small teams for some projects, and I think of ZeroConf as a Stuart Cheshire project more than a faceless corporate project. Even so, Apple initially did their open-source releases under the Apple Public Source License, which is not compatible with GPL, and the existing OpenCL kernels are all proprietary. Or did you not notice that Mesa had to reimplement OpenCL from scratch?

In contrast, I notice Apple protocols such as AirPlay and AirPrint, the whole Designed for iPhone licensing system, and how Apple is going out of their way to avoid any GPLv3 software such as Samba 3.

CUPS was widely used before Apple bought it. Apple can't turn it into an Apple-like program without causing a user revolt, so it's still very much like how it was before Apple bought it.

Yes Apple is EVIL for not completely changing the software they own to be proprietary and they are also EVIL for forking software they didn't own (WebKit). Face it folks, Apple can do no right.

I don't see how you got that conclusion from what I wrote. I said that CUPS was not developed at Apple, so its peculiarities are not typical to Apple.

No. If Apple had developed it, it would not have had any command-line interface except for XML files and the "defaults" program, its interfaces would have been proprietary to Apple,

Yes that's why LLVM, Clang, OpenCL, Zero-Configuration, and WebKit only works on Apple machines.

and it would have been even more confusingly documented.

Yes because all open source software is meticulously documented.

It would never have become widely adopted across the Unix world, partly because Apple would not have chosen GPLv2.

Yes Apple would never choose GPLv2 unlike all the other GPLv2 software they've chosen to use.

CUPS was widely used before Apple bought it. Apple can't turn it into an Apple-like program without causing a user revolt, so it's still very much like how it was before Apple bought it.

Yes Apple is EVIL for not completely changing the software they own to be proprietary and they are also EVIL for forking software they didn't own (WebKit). Face it folks, Apple can do no right.

2. The computer Industry, for allowing people to THINK their data is safe when in fact not.
3. The Computer Indestry for telling people thir data is safe.

Caveat Emptor, friend.

From the iCloud Terms And Conditions:

Apple does not control the Content posted via the Service, nor does it guarantee the accuracy, integrity or quality of such Content. You understand and agree that your use of the Service and any Content is solely at your own risk.

The answer is there in black and white, friend. Apple takes no responsibility for anything stored on their servers. If someone is going to use a service, it behooves them to understand the terms and conditions that apply. That's not blaming anyone, it's called reality.

These people trusted Apple and other cloud providers.

An incorrect move, it seems.:

Apple does not control the Content posted via the Service, nor does it guarantee the accuracy, integrity or quality of such Content. You understand and agree that your use of the Service and any Content is solely at your own risk.

I see people blaming Apple or hackers or society in general for the fact that a high value target got her nudes found and distributed,

From iCloud Terms And Conditions

Apple does not control the Content posted via the Service, nor does it guarantee the accuracy, integrity or quality of such Content. You understand and agree that your use of the Service and any Content is solely at your own risk.

[emphasis added]

Nope. Not Apple's fault. No siree.

So when a cloud vendor says "we store your photos securely and have your privacy as our #1 goal" or whatnot, that's equivalent to putting photos in an envelope and putting them in a post office? I don't think so. Try another analogy.

http://support.apple.com/kb/ht...

Ah. They do have an update for that one. Apple didn't release the update through their normal Software Update mechanism because users aren't likely to be affected by it unless they're fairly advanced server users, but they did release a software update for it about two weeks ago. You can download it here.

Because it's explicitly a "technical preview" or "beta" or "pre-beta invite only" or "not intended for production" system. I've participated in numerous betas for other products like MMORPG games, and I always expected I was being watched and monitored. Not for evil reasons, but more for usability or analysis. I signed up to be in the beta, was accepted, so I'm seeking out this kind of experience.

I can't imagine that other vendors aren't collecting information in similar manner. Why send out a beta if it's not going to give you useful data back before you release the production version?

Yes, but other vendors let the user opt-out of the data collection process, pledge to remove identifiable info, and provide a clear, non-legalese privacy policy regarding any personal info that does come their way.

Because it's explicitly a "technical preview" or "beta" or "pre-beta invite only" or "not intended for production" system. I've participated in numerous betas for other products like MMORPG games, and I always expected I was being watched and monitored. Not for evil reasons, but more for usability or analysis. I signed up to be in the beta, was accepted, so I'm seeking out this kind of experience.

I can't imagine that other vendors aren't collecting information in similar manner. Why send out a beta if it's not going to give you useful data back before you release the production version?

Yes, but other vendors let the user opt-out of the data collection process, pledge to remove identifiable info, and provide a clear, non-legalese privacy policy regarding any personal info that does come their way.

NTOSKRNL and Base Drivers are all C and ASM bits my friend.

...as I suspected they were.

So "Microsoft Windows uses C++", if it's talking about kernel development (as suggested by the title of the thread), is mostly wrong, with...

Only WIN32K (Win32 Kernel Mode Graphichs and helper functions core) contains some C++ bits, specially DirectX DXGI/D3D functions.

...one exception.

OS X uses C for kernel development, except for I/O Kit and I/O Kit drivers, which use C++, but restricted to a subset that excludes exceptions, multiple inheritance, templates, and run-time type inference. (Well, some stuff outside of there that needs to use I/O Kit APIs might use C++; the AFP and/or SMB client VFSes - I forget which - had, at one point, a small C++ chunk of code to allow the file system to prevent sleep to keep TCP connections to the server from being dropped. The rest was C - not surprising for the SMB client VFS, descended as it was from Boris Popov's SMB client VFS for FreeBSD.)

Is there a command for terminal that can show me every binary that has been updated since that date?

This can be done with touch and find.

Timestamps are in [[CC]YY]MMDDhhmm format. You may want to set it a bit earlier.

For just the file names:
touch -t 201408310000 ./testfile; sudo find / -type f -newer ./testfile -perm +111

For more information:
touch -t 201408310000 ./testfile; sudo find / -type f -newer ./testfile -perm +111 -exec ls -ltc {} \+

To send that to a text file on your desktop:
touch -t 201408310000 ./testfile; sudo find / -type f -newer ./testfile -perm +111 -exec ls -ltc {} \+ > "${HOME}/Desktop/modified_executables.txt"

Is there a command for terminal that can show me every binary that has been updated since that date?

This can be done with touch and find.

Timestamps are in [[CC]YY]MMDDhhmm format. You may want to set it a bit earlier.

For just the file names:
touch -t 201408310000 ./testfile; sudo find / -type f -newer ./testfile -perm +111

For more information:
touch -t 201408310000 ./testfile; sudo find / -type f -newer ./testfile -perm +111 -exec ls -ltc {} \+

To send that to a text file on your desktop:
touch -t 201408310000 ./testfile; sudo find / -type f -newer ./testfile -perm +111 -exec ls -ltc {} \+ > "${HOME}/Desktop/modified_executables.txt"

Good questions indeed. Apple has rolled out a "Safari Update" on Sept 29th, but there seems to be more to it, however, apple is very secretive about the security updates. Something I really dislike about them:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT...

The knowledge base article on the update only mentions CVE-2014-6271 and CVE-2014-7169.

I was making a reference to the recent Apple patch that disabled the phone on the iPhone. http://support.apple.com/kb/DL...?

This release contains improvements and bug fixes, including: Fixes an issue in iOS 8.0.1 that impacted cellular network connectivity and Touch ID on iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus

On their new flagship phones for iOS8. If Apple devs were really that thorough, I doubt that would have passed the first round of tests. On the other hand, I've noticed patches on RHEL take longer to release than Ubuntu which take longer than other Linux distros. But I'm not sure OSX is delayed due to rigorous testing.

Because no linux distro ever releases a patch with bugs... right? ;-)

Anyway. I said the process might have to be more rigorous. I didn't say it was flawless. And the whole 8.0.1 debacle only adds to my point. A patch can sometimes do more damage that what it's trying to fix. Better to take a couple extra days to get it right than to get it out as quickly as possible but screw it up.

This release contains improvements and bug fixes, including:
Fixes an issue in iOS 8.0.1 that impacted cellular network connectivity and Touch ID on iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus

On their new flagship phones for iOS8. If Apple devs were really that thorough, I doubt that would have passed the first round of tests. On the other hand, I've noticed patches on RHEL take longer to release than Ubuntu which take longer than other Linux distros. But I'm not sure OSX is delayed due to rigorous testing.

Bonjour is just Apple's implementation of Zeroconf. It's freeware, with the core components of it under the Apache licence.

Have a look through the code yourself "to be sure". https://developer.apple.com/bo...

Full list of planned features here.

The correct phrasing is:
That's not an iPad!

This is an iPad!

> rpm -q --queryformat="%{NAME}\t%{LICENSE}\n" bash-4.2.48-2.fc20.x86_64

bash GPLv3+

The above version of bash has been patched and is available as an update as per 2 days ago.

With Windows you are not just out of luck ayoure _shit_ out of luck since the whole thing is closed source, unless you are a major foreign government. They get the rare privilege of doing their own code reviews.

That is assuming that the so called "major foreign government" has the people who can do a code review and they trust the release is the same one they did the code review on. For all but the most paranoid governments this type of thing really belongs in the "too hard basket" so most choose to believe that the closed source company is all "sweetness and light" and would never screw us over. :)

I don't see the full source for OS X

http://opensource.apple.com

I don't see anything related to Quartz or Cocoa on this page. So I don't see how this is full source.

Show us some OS source code or shut the hell up, shill.

OK, here's the full source to Apple's version of bash, and here is the source to the entire open part of OSX, including the XNU kernel.

Now YOU shut the fuck up, you clueless knuckle dragging cowardly fool,

Show us some OS source code or shut the hell up, shill.

OK, here's the full source to Apple's version of bash, and here is the source to the entire open part of OSX, including the XNU kernel.

Now YOU shut the fuck up, you clueless knuckle dragging cowardly fool,

Show us some OS source code or shut the hell up, shill.

Here you go:
http://www.opensource.apple.co...
Let' hope you aren't too dumb to click your way up the tree to the BASH sources because none of us will do it for you.

Everyone using Bash has the freedom to download, inspect, and modify the code -- unlike with Microsoft, Apple, or other proprietary software.

This comes across as scaremongering, as its a blanket statement professing the openness of bash compared specifically to Microsoft and Apple, while both those companies have huge collections of open source projects where I can do just what they are trumpeting with Bash and the GPL.

Its a perfect example of why blanket statements should be studied very carefully before being used, as it can just distort your perceived stance when people call you on the flaws of your statement.

Apple open sources large portions of their OS X operating system including, it seems, the version of BASH they include with it. Using that website I was able to download the source code for their VPN daemon (same one used on Linux), patch it, compile it and install it in on my mother's MacBook to allow her to connect to a Microsoft VPN server that was sending malformed greeting strings. With Aqua you are unfortunately out of luck since it is closed source. With Windows you are not just out of luck ayoure _shit_ out of luck since the whole thing is closed source, unless you are a major foreign government. They get the rare privilege of doing their own code reviews.

Everyone using Bash has the freedom to download, inspect, and modify the code -- unlike with Microsoft, Apple, or other proprietary software.

This comes across as scaremongering, as its a blanket statement professing the openness of bash compared specifically to Microsoft and Apple, while both those companies have huge collections of open source projects where I can do just what they are trumpeting with Bash and the GPL.

Its a perfect example of why blanket statements should be studied very carefully before being used, as it can just distort your perceived stance when people call you on the flaws of your statement.

Apple open sources large portions of their OS X operating system including, it seems, the version of BASH they include with it. Using that website I was able to download the source code for their VPN daemon (same one used on Linux), patch it, compile it and install it in on my mother's MacBook to allow her to connect to a Microsoft VPN server that was sending malformed greeting strings. With Aqua you are unfortunately out of luck since it is closed source. With Windows you are not just out of luck ayoure _shit_ out of luck since the whole thing is closed source, unless you are a major foreign government. They get the rare privilege of doing their own code reviews.

You might need an Objective C shim to access libraries for IO

Actually you don't.

Although I am well-versed in C, I have thus-far avoided C++, C# and Java, and have only briefly dabbled in Obj-C. Now that there are two possibilities for doing iOS Development, which would you suggest that I learn, at least at first? And is Swift even far-enough along to use as the basis for an entire app's development? My goal is the fastest and easiest way to market for this project; not to start a career as a mobile developer.

This portends badly. You don't know enough about any of the languages currently in use on any platform, and your goal is "the fastest and easiest way to market?" The obvious solution is to give the job to someone else who knows what they're doing.

So, since that's not what's happening here (and any sane - and most insane - business would go that route), this is a case of "I've got a cool idea for a mobile app but I don't know anything about the platforms or how to code in the languages behind them, and I don't want to give any details about what its' performance and resource requirements are because someone might steal the idea." This is further borne out here:

If/when I decide to port my iOS App to Android (and/or Windows Phone), would either of the above be an easier port; or are, for example, Dalvick and the Android APIs different enough from Swift/Obj-C and CocoaTouch that any 'port' is essentially a re-write?

Why not just download the dev kits for Android and iOS and ask yourself if you can even understand the development documentation, the APIs, etc? The problem right now is yo don't even know enough to ask the right questions: you don't want to commit to something (objc vs swift) this early in your learning curve and then find out you made the wrong choice because you didn't take a month to pick up some basics.

Apple has announced that it has designed its new operating system, iOS8, to thwart lawful search warrants.

The piece opens with a blatant lie.

Apple may not have designed it to thwart lawful search warrants but they certainly market it that way.

On devices running iOS 8, your personal data such as photos, messages (including attachments), email, contacts, call history, iTunes content, notes, and reminders is placed under the protection of your passcode. Unlike our competitors, Apple cannot bypass your passcode and therefore cannot access this data. So it's not technically feasible for us to respond to government warrants for the extraction of this data from devices in their possession running iOS 8.

Source: https://www.apple.com/privacy/...

iOS and Mac OS both run their DHCP clients in the configd process, which runs as root.

https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/Darwin/Reference/Manpages/man8/configd.8.html

http://www.opensource.apple.com/source/configd/

iOS and Mac OS both run their DHCP clients in the configd process, which runs as root.

https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/Darwin/Reference/Manpages/man8/configd.8.html

http://www.opensource.apple.com/source/configd/

> They haven't admitted anything EVER when it comes to defects.

Um...

And that's just a partial list, referring to recent products. That page has been around a while.

Not saying they're perfect -- not by any stretch of the imagination -- but it's sure not "never."

Also, they fired people (leads) over Maps and the antenna.

I live in the U.S. When I go to Check Order Status in my Apple on-line account (store.apple.com), I find hundreds of orders, none of which are mine, coming from all over Western Europe, dating back to July of this year. I see the items ordered, order numbers, mailing and shipping addresses and e-mail information for them all. I can track shipments, but I can't cancel orders.

Somebody with a volume purchase plan account probably made a typo when adding administrator email addresses or something.

Go here and see if it lets you sign in. If so, contact Apple Store support from within the VPP site and let them know that your Apple ID is incorrectly associated with a VPP plan.

I wish Apple would hire a security expert, and have him/her work directly for Eddy Que.

://mashable.com/2014/09/24/how-to-downgrade-ios-8-0-1/

Direct link if you want to try to fix an iPhone 6 through iTunes. http://appldnld.apple.com/iOS8...

Here is for the 6+ http://appldnld.apple.com/iOS8...

://mashable.com/2014/09/24/how-to-downgrade-ios-8-0-1/

Direct link if you want to try to fix an iPhone 6 through iTunes. http://appldnld.apple.com/iOS8...

Here is for the 6+ http://appldnld.apple.com/iOS8...

I think the TF card reader for Lightning devices can only be used to download photos, not anything else. And it appears to be only for iPad; iPhone compatibility is unconfirmed.

You're funny...I was the mobile device manager for a large energy company at the time. I had an HTC Wizard (Windows Mobile 5), a Palm Treo, and a BlackBerry 8700 all strapped to my belt testing them for the company. Everyone wanted the new Windows Mobile phones but as soon as they would get them they would return them. Why? The battery wouldn't last a day and their old BlackBerry could go two weeks without a charge. I follow the industry closely and read about the Apples iTunes phone the ROKR months before it was released. I got to play with one and was underwhelmed. But it did have pretty good battery life...compared to the iPhone.

If piracy is the focus, then they're looking in the wrong place. Piracy is not a problem, it's a symptom. It'd be like if someone was slurring their speech because they were having a stroke, and you decided to solve the problem by sending them to a speech therapist.

Now, I don't think that you can't have rich, interactive experiences with music that are worthwhile. They may be 'glorified liner notes', but some of us have fond memories of liner notes. I thought the Bob Dylan app from a while back was actually really cool.

Oh, puhlease. Abraham Lincoln's must have been presciently thinking of you when he said: "Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt." http://support.apple.com/kb/PH... http://support.apple.com/kb/HT...

I share my iPhone's 4G to my rMBP daily over bluetooth. Yet another use of bluetooth on iOS which directly contradicts your ignorant statements...

Well that's either something they added since the last time I used one or something which only goes between idevices . Those links seem to suggest transferring from mobile to desktop so either way, well behind the times or well restricted. Neither world surprise me.

Oh, puhlease. Abraham Lincoln's must have been presciently thinking of you when he said: "Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt." http://support.apple.com/kb/PH... http://support.apple.com/kb/HT...

I share my iPhone's 4G to my rMBP daily over bluetooth. Yet another use of bluetooth on iOS which directly contradicts your ignorant statements...

Well that's either something they added since the last time I used one or something which only goes between idevices . Those links seem to suggest transferring from mobile to desktop so either way, well behind the times or well restricted. Neither world surprise me.

The dealer shill thus spake:

the local dealer may have overpriced their product so you buy elsewhere, but that local dealer is still obligated to do the warranty service (for which they are paid quite well by the manufacturers).

In no other industry is this true. In electronics, white goods, etc, there are "certified warranty service centers" where you can call up and get them to fix your stuff. For example, you don't have to go to an Apple dealer to get your high-priced computer fixed under warranty - you can bring it or ship it to one of many service centers.

https://www.apple.com/lae/supp...

Please note that the requirement to become a service center does not include having to be an Apple reseller.

Ford, Volkswagen, Jaguar, Chevrolet, etc., should be able to certify garages for warranty work. But no, the automobile industry is the only industry where you have to go to a dealer to get warranty work done.

Leeches, all of you. Die already.

--
BMO

FYI Apple's privacy site is here: http://www.apple.com/privacy/p...

Of course there will be plenty of cynism here but I think it is in general a good & commendable effort for transparency. Interesting is the section on government information request:

National Security Orders from the U.S. government.

A tiny percentage of our millions of accounts is affected by national security-related requests. In the first six months of 2014, we received 250 or fewer of these requests. Though we would like to be more specific, by law this is the most precise information we are currently allowed to disclose.

No warrant canary required, it is here in the open.
So what could be the kind of thing asked taken into account the other the other privacy information on the site?

Holy shit how clueless are you? They give you a free application BECAUSE you are the product. If you are getting it for free by fucking DEFINITION you are not their customer! We're talking business definitions and you are writing like you are in Jr High...

Until you can see that Apple is as bad or worse than Google when it comes to the stewardship of your personal information then you have no business talking about it.

I know this will make no difference, but: http://www.apple.com/privacy/

Apple does not use your personal information or track your email content or web browsing to target ads. Their CEO has publicly stated it. Are you saying he's lying? Why would he, there is no upside and it would be trivially easy to prove him wrong if he lied.

The info that they do collect on you and sell to third parties most people do not even know about.

Citation? No, because there is none, Apple doesn't "sell your info", you are just making this shit up.

Until you do the slightest amount of research into these things YOU have no business talking about it. All of your posts are either made up or quoted conventional trolls without a single actual verifiable fact to back them up.

Oh, puhlease. Abraham Lincoln's must have been presciently thinking of you when he said: "Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt."
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH...
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT...

I share my iPhone's 4G to my rMBP daily over bluetooth. Yet another use of bluetooth on iOS which directly contradicts your ignorant statements...

Oh, puhlease. Abraham Lincoln's must have been presciently thinking of you when he said: "Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt."
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH...
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT...

I share my iPhone's 4G to my rMBP daily over bluetooth. Yet another use of bluetooth on iOS which directly contradicts your ignorant statements...

If you believe you may soon be under arrest, power off or hard reset (hold power & home) your device.

Only the OS itself is accessible immediately after reboot. All user-level flash is secured with a different key than the OS, and that key is secured by your passphrase, not your TouchID. That’s why you need to enter your password every time you reboot & can’t TouchID unlock until you do. If you reset your phone, the cops can hold it against your thumb all day long, and it won’t do them any good.

For an in depth discussion of how the crypto in iOS is implemented, see:
http://www.apple.com/ipad/busi...