• SoftRAID Easy Setup is a new helper application which guides less technical users through the process of creating SoftRAID volumes. SoftRAID Easy Setup automates the process of configuring disks, making recommendations to help users set up their SoftRAID system. All users have to do is decide what the RAID volume will be used for, and how much space to use (with hints from the application) and SoftRAID Easy Setup does the rest.
  
  
• SoftRAID 5.6 incorporates a new SMART over USB proprietary driver, which extends SoftRAID's disk checking and monitoring to most USB and FireWire enclosures. SMART over USB checks disk health for most USB 3/3.1, and many USB 2 and FireWire 400/800 connected drives, and can predict future failure by identifying symptoms that correlate to a disk's imminent demise.
  
  
• SoftRAID 5.6 is now translated to Simplified Chinese. SoftRAID now supports 6 languages: English, French, German, Spanish, Japanese and Simplified Chinese.
  
  
• SoftRAID 5.6 fully supports Thunderbolt 3 devices with sustained throughput of over 2.5GB/s on a single Thunderbolt 3 bus. With SoftRAID you can even use 2 ThunderBolt 3 buses at the same time and create a volume which can read and write at over 4 GB/sec.
  
  
• Email Notification has been updated to support recent security enhancements in smtp servers. Additionally, SoftRAID 5.6 includes support for almost all third party email servers.
  
  
• Quick Start Guides have been updated for both SoftRAID and SoftRAID Lite to include an entire section on using SoftRAID Easy Setup. Quick Start Guides are localized to all six languages supported by SoftRAID: English, French, German, Japanese, Spanish and Chinese.
  
  
• SoftRAID 5.6 features improved failover handling in the event of Mirror (RAID 0), RAID 4, RAID 5, and RAID 1+0 disk failure scenarios.
  
  
• SoftRAID 5.6 extends disk certification to all 4Kn (4 KB sector) drives
  
  
• SoftRAID 5.6 includes numerous bug fixes, details are in the release notes (PDF).

• Final Cut Pro X 10.3.4 (OS X 10.11.4 or later, 64-bit processor)
  (long list of changes - release notes below)
  
  
• Mastering macOS Server, Part 5: Mail and Calendar Services (sponsor blog)
  
  
• Mastering macOS Server, Part 4: Setting up File Sharing and Wikis (sponsor blog)
  
  
• Battle of the TV Boxes: Android vs Apple vs Amazon vs Roku (gizmodo)
  
  
• Sid Meier's Railroads! v1.1 (for macOS 10.12.4 or later)
  - Improves interface of the pre-game Options window.
  - Removes functionality for connecting the game to a Game Center account.
  - Removes functionality for online play through a Game Ranger account.
  - Fixes a number of minor issues.
  
  
• New ETA for GRID Autosport for iOS (delayed until Fall) (feral interactive)
  
  
• Apple launches app development curriculum for high school & community college students (pr)
  
  
• Helios 3 Thunderbolt 3 PCIe Expansion Chassis Now Available (sponsor blog)
  
  
• "Today at Apple" launches worldwide (apple press release)
  
  
• Apple and other mfrs fight legislation that would let you repair your Devices (cnbc)
  
  
• Micromat TechTool Pro 9.5.1 Released (dated 5/17/2017)
  (See linked page for list of changes/improvements)

• Final Cut Pro X 10.3.4 release notes
  
  
• About AirPrint (includes list of compatible printers)
  
  
• How to Use the TV app on your Apple TV (4th generation), iPhone, and iPad
  
  
• How to Use the object list to manage objects on Keynote slides
  
  
• How to Start up your Mac in single-user mode or verbose mode
  
  
• How to Use Single sign-on with your iOS device or Apple TV (4th generation)
  
  
• If iTunes doesn't recognize your iPhone, iPad, or iPod
  
  
• About Apple Digital AV Adapters for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch
  
  
• About security content of macOS 10.12.5, Security Update 2017-002 El Capitan/Yosemite
  (added entries on CoreFoundation (CVE-2017-2522), Foundation (CVE-2017-2523), updated IOSurface entry)
  
  
• About the security content of iOS 10.3.2. tvOS 10.2.1, watchOS 3.2.2
  (updated/added entries on CoreFoundation, Foundation, AVEVideoEncoder, IOSurface, WebKit)
  
  
• Vintage and obsolete products Listing

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

• Samba Update to patch Critical Vulnerability (CVE-2017-7494) (samba.org)
  (above includes workaround, patch at www.samba.org/samba/history/security.html)
  
  
• Kodi v17.3: A minor bug fix and security release
  (said to fix subtitle vulnerability below)
  
  
• Media Players Vulnerable to Malware from Subtitles (checkpoint)
  (includes list of Player Software/updates. VLC 2.2.5.1 update noted in May 12th news)
  
  
• Intel Announces Plans to Integrate Thunderbolt 3 into Future Intel CPUs and to Release the Thunderbolt Protocol Specification to the Industry (intel pr)

May 16th to 19th, 2017 News Archive
• About Carbon Copy Cloner 4.1.15 Update:
• Download Nvidia Graphics Driver Updates for OS X 10.11.6 and 10.10.5
• Download Nvidia CUDA 8.0.83 Update (supports new driver for macOS 10.12.5)
• Download Nvidia Graphics Driver Update 378.05.05.15f01 for macOS Sierra 10.12.5
• Apple Plans Laptop Upgrades to Take on Microsoft
• How to Boot and Use a Mac in Target Disk Mode
• Microsoft Office 2016 for Mac 15.34.0 Update
• Alien: Isolation™ for Mac, Hints and Tips
• New Beyond WWDC Events Added (apple news)
• Firefox 53.0.3 release notes
• Firefox ESR 52.1.2 release notes
• Firefox for iOS v7.5 (iOS 9 or later)
• June 15 changes for iCloud access via 3rd party apps

For links to older news pages, see the Archives.