• iOS 13.3 beta 4 (17C5053a)
• iPadOS 13.3 beta 4 (17C5053a)
• watchOS 6.1.1 beta 4 (17S5449b)
• tvOS 13.3 beta 4 (17K5449a)
• (The last Catalina beta update was 10.15.2 beta 3 on Nov. 20th.)

Firefox ESR 68.3.0 includes fixes to improve performance and stability, plus security fixes.
 

• Apple Explains Mysterious iPhone 11 Location Requests (krebs)
  (Follow-up to earlier article below)
  
  
• Apple Clips iOS app version 2.0.7 (for iOS 13 or later)
  
  
• Using the LG UltraFine 5K Display with a 16-inch MacBook Pro (sponsor blog)
  
  
• The iPhone 11 Pro's Location Data Puzzler (krebs)

  " One of the more curious behaviors of Apple's new iPhone 11 Pro is that it intermittently seeks the user's location information even when all applications and system services on the phone are individually set to never request this data. Apple says this is by design, but that response seems at odds with the company's own privacy policy..."

  
  
• Apple's Best of 2019 Winners (apps, games, trends)
  
  
• Apple announces first ever Apple Music Awards (pr)
  
  
• OWC Black Friday/Cyber Week Sale Items (long list)
  (They also have a Cyber Monday sale blog post.)
  
  
• 2019 16-inch MacBook Pro: First Impressions and Benchmarks (OWC blog)
  
  
• Apple at NeurIPS 2019 (apple machine learning)
  
  
• Using an External Drive as Your Startup Drive: Part 2 (sponsor blog)

• Vintage and obsolete Apple products list (rev 12/4)
  
  
• About encrypted backups in iTunes (rev 12/4)
  
  
• Locate backups of your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch (rev 12/4)
  
  
• Install macOS 10.14 Mojave on Mac Pro (Mid 2010) & Mac Pro (Mid 2012) (rev 12/3)
  (now archived and no longer updated by Apple.)
  
  
• How to erase a disk for Mac (rev 12/3)
  
  
• Institutions that support health records on iPhone and iPod touch (rev 12/2)
  
  
• Get help with iCloud Keychain (rev 11/28)
  
  
• Apple web server notifications (security fixes) (rev 11/19)
  
  
• About macOS Recovery (rev 11/18)
  
  
• How to reinstall macOS from macOS Recovery (rev 11/18)
  
  
• Using 4K displays, 5K displays, and Ultra HD TVs with your Mac (rev 11/17)

• The Inventor of the World Wide Web Has a Plan to Save It (owc blog)
  
  
• Onkyo RZ series Receiver HDMI Enhanced Mode Settings Tip
  (Tip not in the manual. Some returned their AVR before learning about this setting.)
  
  
• iStorage Datashur PRO2 (Encrypted) USB flash drive Review (storagereview)
  
  
• Dridex Malware Alert (AA19-339A) (cert.gov)
  
  
• Help Test Firefox's built-in HTML Sanitizer to protect against UXSS bugs (mozilla)
  
  
• Roon Update Takes Personalization to the Next Level (sound&vision)
  
  
• Intel and MediaTek Partner on 5G Laptops for 2021 (bloomberg)
  
  
• AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X & 3970X Review: 24 & 32 Cores on 7nm (anandtech)

November 18th to 22nd, 2019 News Archive
• DisplayLink v5.2.1 USB Software Update for macOS Catalina & Mojave
• Install Tips for DisplayLink Software on MacOS Catalina
• Safari Technology Preview 96 download/release notes
• Pixelmator Pro 1.5.2 has a long list of fixes/improvements
• Thunderbolt 3 and USB-C Difference and Which You Should Use
• Guide to Using an External Drive as Your Startup Drive: Part 1
• Apple Breaks Ground on New Austin Campus, Begins Production of New Mac Pro
• Apple expands Everyone Can Code with more coding resources
• Adobe Adds Features to iPad Photoshop App After Early Criticism
• iTunes U 3.7.4 update ("minor stability improvements")
• IOS 13.2.3 and iPadOS 13.2.3 Update Release Notes
• Apple Support/How-To/Troubleshooting Article Updates

For links to older news pages, see the Archives.