July 6 to July 10, 2020 Apple/Mac/OS X News, Tips and Tech Articles

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SoftRAID 5.8.4 Update (new features/bug fixes)
SoftRAID version 5.8.4 available for download now, "includes important bug fixes and changes that improve SoftRAID compatibility with macOS 10.15 Catalina".

"New features in version 5.8.4
Adds a feature which warns the user if Secure Boot is enabled. This warning appears when the SoftRAID application is first launched, Secure Boot is enabled and a SoftRAID disk is attached.
Adds ability to sign up for the SoftRAID News email list.
Adds a work-around for a kernel panic bug which was introduced in macOS 10.15. This bug causes a kernel panic when an HFS+ volume is created on a 4Kn HDD (a disk with 4 KB sectors) which is housed in a USB 3 or USB 3.1 enclosure.
Adds support for Mercury Elite Pro Dual U2 enclosures to SoftRAID XT & SoftRAID Lite XT.

Bugs fixed in version 5.8.4
Fixes a bug which could prevent the Mac from restarting after uninstalling SoftRAID.
Fixes a bug which caused the SoftRAID application to be relaunched after a restart when the user had just uninstalled SoftRAID.
Adds code to ensure that SSDs are always the primary disks in RAID 1+0 volumes which contain equal numbers of SSDs and HDDs. This code gets run when RAID 1+0 volumes are created and at the end of a RAID 1+0 volume rebuild. "

See the release notes PDF for more details and known bugs. A free 30 Day Trial is available.

Updates to Pages, Numbers and Keynote apps for Mac and iOS
(Mac apps require macOS 10.14 or later, iOS apps require iOS 12 or later.)

Pages for Mac version 10.1
- See what's new in Pages for Mac.
Numbers for Mac version 10.1
- See what's new in Numbers for Mac.
Keynote for Mac version 10.1
- See what's new in Keynote for Mac.
iOS Pages version 10.1
- See what's new in Pages for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.
iOS Numbers version 10.1
- See what's new in Numbers for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.
iOS Keynote version 10.1
- See what's new in Keynote for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.

Firefox 78.0.2 Update (bug and security fixes)
July 9th Firefox 78.0.2 release notes has bug fixes and a security fix.

Apple/Products related News, Tips, Op-Ed, PR (later added first)

Apple updates coding programs and resources for educators and students (pr)
Apple expands iPhone repair services to hundreds of new locations across the US (pr)
- Independent Repair Provider Program also opens to businesses across Europe & Canada.
Could Apple also ditch AMD to make its own graphics cards? (techradar)

This week's Apple Support/How-To/Troubleshooting Article Updates

Page of How-To, Troubleshooting & Tips for Mac/OS X/iOS Users from Airplay to Thunderbolt.

Other News, Reviews, Software Updates, and Tips (later added first)

03.10.20 Update for 2020 LG CX/GX/WX OLED TVs
- AirPlay improvements, supports AMD FreeSync & ATSC 3.0 (WX/GX models only).
Crucial (M.2 NVMe) 1TB SSD Review (storagereview)

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