"New in MainStage 3.4.4

Stability & Reliability
• MainStage no longer quits unexpectedly: 
  • When sending a damaged MIDI file to an external device.
  • Sometimes when changing patches.
  • When Mute Channels is selected in the Feedback Detection dialog.
• MainStage no longer sometimes hangs when opening a concert if external MIDI devices are connected.
• Edits made to Impulse Response Utility projects on macOS Catalina no longer cause the project to be unexpectedly truncated.
• Mappings made to aliases are now maintained when a concert is saved.

Key Commands
• Key commands that include a modifier, shift and a letter key now work properly.
• MainStage key commands no longer override Finder key commands when the File Selector is open.

General
• Transmitting standard MIDI files on patch change now reliably sends program change messages.
• The Vintage Organ now reliably outputs audio after a MIDI Reset is triggered in MainStage.

• "BAD MAGIC! (flag set in iBoot panic header)" - Catalina freezing thread (from Nov) now 22 pages long. (some later posts noted getting motherboard or computer replaced.)
  
  
• Firefox Focus: Privacy browser version 8.1.4 for iOS 11.0 or later. (app store link)
  - An update to the list of trackers blocked by the Focus app.
  
  
• Apple loses pair of key operations, supply chain executives (bloomberg)
  - Company's vice president of manufacturing design departs.
  - Operations executive who worked on iPhone discussing exit.

• How to use Activity Monitor on your Mac
  
  
• About USB on Mac computers
  (with info on USB types and tips for improved USB device performance)
  
  
• If a Mac accessory needs more power or is using too much power
  
  
• How to back up your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch
  
  
• Ask Siri to play and control video from your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch
  
  
• If you hear no sound or distorted sound from your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch speaker
  
  
• About encrypted backups on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
  (was titled "About encrypted backups in iTunes")

• 1TB Seagate BarraCuda External (USB-C) SSD Review (storagereview)
  
  
• In the Lab: Plugable USB-C and USB-A Ethernet Adapters (storagereview)
  
  
• Zyxel 0day Affects its Firewall Products, Too (krebs)
  (And ref Zyxel patches for some Network Storage Devices)
  
  
• OpenSMTPD Releases v6.6.4p1 to Address a Critical Vulnerability (us-cert)