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Mozilla Firefox 84 was released today with a dramatic performance boost after adding native support on macOS devices with Apple Silicon processors. With the release of Firefox 84, all other Firefox development branches have also moved up a version bringing Firefox Beta to version 85 and the Nightly builds to version 86.
Mozilla has shared info on how to fix a known issue leading to errors on multiple video streaming platforms including Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, and Amazon's Prime Video on the Mac version of Firefox 84. "If you're on a Mac with Apple Silicon and are experiencing errors when trying to watch Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, Prime or another streaming service after installing Firefox 84+, you might need to install Rosetta," Mozilla says in a recently published support document.
Built on Mac mini computers, EC2 Mac instances enable customers to run on-demand macOS workloads in the AWS cloud for the first time ever, extending the flexibility, scalability, and cost benefits of AWS to all Apple developers. Similar to other Amazon EC2 instances, customers can easily use EC2 Mac instances together with AWS services and features like Amazon Virtual Private Cloud for network security, Amazon Elastic Block Storage for expandable storage, Amazon Elastic Load Balancer for distributing build queues, and Amazon Machine Images for OS image orchestration.
It turns out that the M1 chip not only performs fantastic for macOS BigSur but it may also be a better choice for Windows 10 than Microsoft's own devices. This is illustrated when developer Alexander Graf used the QEMU virtualization software to install Windows 10 on ARM on an M1 Apple device, and the results are astounding.
Google is currently working on fixing a known issue causing a Google Chrome web browser version launched earlier today for Apple processors to suddenly crash. "Earlier today we updated our Chrome download page to include a new version of Chrome optimized for new macOS devices featuring an Apple processor," Chrome Support Manager Craig Tumblison said.
Google is currently working on fixing a known issue causing a Google Chrome web browser version launched earlier today for Apple processors to suddenly crash. "Earlier today we updated our Chrome download page to include a new version of Chrome optimized for new macOS devices featuring an Apple processor," Chrome Support Manager Craig Tumblison said.
Mac users can do more than just compress files using WinZip Mac 8 Pro. Figure A. The WinZip Mac 8 Pro wizard simplifies backing up specific files.
Apple macOS X users with HP printers are left unable to print from their computers after Apple revoked a certificate that signed HP's print drivers. As observed by BleepingComputer, when printing a document from a MacBook running macOS Catalina and Mojave users with HP printers.
Windows and Mac users running Foxit's popular PhantomPDF reader should update their installations to the latest version after the US CISA cybersecurity agency warned of a handful of high-severity product vulnerabilities. Foxit has published updates for its software in both Windows and Apple Mac formats.
A researcher is claiming that Apple devices - with a macOS operating system and a T2 security chip - are open to an exploit that could give bad actors root access. The flaw stems from the T2 chip, which is the second-generation version of Apple's chip that provides bolstered security - including securing its Touch ID feature, as well as providing the foundation for encrypted storage and secure boot capabilities.