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Apple To Review Software Practices After Patching Serious Mac Bug (reuters.com)

Posted by msmash on from the tightening-things dept.

Apple said on Wednesday it would review its software development process after scrambling to patch a serious bug it learned of on Tuesday in its macOS operating system for desktop and laptop computers. From a report: "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," Apple said in a statement. "Our customers deserve better. We are auditing our development processes to help prevent this from happening again."

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  1. Re:Holy shit by Ichijo · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Talk is cheap. Let's see what the audit finds. And why did previous audits fail to find the flaw?

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  2. Re: Maybe... just maybe. by ilsaloving · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It *used* to be. Now their hardware is nothing more than a gratuitously expensive appliance.

    If I could easily run OSX on non-apple hardware, I'd do it in a heartbeat. (And when I say run, I mean perfectly, flawlessly, without something not working right)

    I'm still using a 2010 MBP because every version they put out afterward is more and more annoying. Can't replace the battery. Can't replace storage. Can't replace ram. Now you don't even get a USB 3 or HDMI port. It's offensive.

    They claim that it's "future proofing" the machine. That's nothing but a lie to mask their efforts to gouge the crap out of people on dongles.