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According to the complaints, users report that during the process of updating to macOS Big Sur, their machines get stuck showing a black screen. (Apple) News 

New macOS Big Sur brings together some older MacBook Pro models

Febin Mathew, ,

Apple released the latest macOS update, the Big Sur, last Thursday and the story hasn’t been very smooth since. A lot of older MacBook Pro users, the 13-inch MacBook Pro in late 2013, 2014, reported that Big Sur’s update is beefing up their machines. The MacRumours forum thread has a fairly large number of users reporting this issue and similar complaints have been reported by users on Reddit and Apple Support Communities, also indicating that this issue is widespread. According to the complaints, users report that during the process of…

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FILE-In this file photo from September 25, 2015, people wait outside the Apple Store in Munich, Germany. IDFA (Apple's Identifier for Advertisers) allows Apple and all applications on the phone to track a user and combine information about online and mobile behavior. As with cookies, this would require user consent in accordance with EU law. Apple places these tracking codes without the knowledge or consent of users. Noyb therefore filed two complaints against the company. (AP Photo / Matthias Schrader) (AP) News 

Apple responds to gatekeeper issues heres what it has to say

Adriana Marais,

Apple last week rolled out MacOS BigSur on its home and laptop computers. However, when users started opening third-party apps, they were greeted with a range of issues ranging from slow launches to no launch. The issue stems from a technology called Gatekeeper that Apple uses to prevent users from downloading malicious apps masquerading as legitimate apps. Now, the company has updated their support document explaining the steps they are taking to prevent the issue from recurring. In the document titled “Safely Open Applications on Your Mac,” Apple says that…

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