Widget "phone home" function actually a security measure A widely reported new function in Mac OS X 10.4.7 where the dashboardadvisoryd process connects to Apple servers is actually a security measure ...

If you have been paying close attention to Apple devices lately, you’ll notice that widgets are back on the home screen. All of Apple’s major OS updates of late have been focused on widgets. Apple is ...

The Mac’s newest operating system, macOS Sonoma, is now available. Sonoma’s launch follows the launch of the iPhone 15 series and the iPhone’s iOS 17 operating system last week. This new macOS ...

The new Music Widget, which is actually a standalone app, brings back to life the original Mac OS X (Tiger) iTunes widget. So you can party like it’s 2005 with your tunes. The Tiger OS, released in ...

Possible security exploit, vulnerability to malicious widgets Mac OS X 10.4.0, installed and run in its default state, contains a vulnerability based on a number of factors -- including Safari's ...

Way back in 2005, Apple released Mac OS X Tiger, and with it, the original implementation of widgets on the Mac through its Dashboard software. One of those widgets was a now-defunct iTunes media ...

Apple has completely revamped the Mac operating system this year with macOS Big Sur, which also adds some interesting new features to the Mac. macOS Big Sur brings Control Center to the Mac for the ...

Of all the features coming to macOS, iOS, iPadOS, and watchOS this fall, I might be most excited about widgets. No, seriously. Widgets! Yes, of course, widgets have been around forever. Apple ...

Google developers created the small applications that run on the Mac operating system during the time they are given to work on any project of their choice. That time amounts to about 20 percent of ...

Also, KDE’s runtime will be limited in that it will not be able to run widgets properly that use AppleScript or Cocoa in some way. Likewise, it’s possible that Mac OS X users may also have to face not ...

Earlier this year we correctly predicted that macOS 12 would be called “Monterey” and later discovered renewed Apple trademarks for places in California. The two renewed names were in fact “Monterey” ...

Have you embraced the widget movement yet? If not, you will. Widgets are small, often Internet-connected mini-applications that live on your PC, gathering information, keeping you informed and ...