Desktops (Apple) Stories for 2017

Apple Plans Combined iPhone, iPad and Mac Apps To Create One User Experience 247
Google Wants Progressive Web Apps To Replace Chrome Apps 154
Apple Snafu Means Updating To macOS 10.13.1 Could Reactivate Root Access Bug 74
High Sierra Root Login Bug Was Mentioned on Apple's Support Forums Two Weeks Ago 85
Apple To Review Software Practices After Patching Serious Mac Bug 192
MacOS High Sierra Bug Allows Login As Root With No Password 237
Ask Slashdot: What Should A Mac User Know Before Buying a Windows Laptop? 449
Apple Crushes Expectations, Sees Record Holiday Quarter 97
Tim Cook Confirms the Mac Mini Isn't Dead 191
Google Says 64 Percent of Chrome Traffic On Android Now Protected With HTTPS, 75 Percent On Mac, 66 Percent On Windows 90
Apple's Tim Cook Shares What He Learned From Steve Jobs 169
Apple Addresses a Bug That Caused Disk Utility in macOS High Sierra To Expose Passwords of Encrypted APFS Volumes 85
High Sierra's Disk Utility Does Not Recognize Unformatted Disks 135
Apple Releases macOS High Sierra; Ex-NSA Hacker Publishes Zero-Day 53
The Google Drive App For PC, Mac Is Being Shut Down In March 92
Chrome 61 Arrives With JavaScript Modules, WebUSB Support 115
In Defense of the Popular Framework Electron 138
Where's All My CPU and Memory Gone? The Answer: $5B Worth Slack App 190
Mysterious Mac Malware Has Infected Hundreds of Victims For Years 128
Apple Releases First Public Beta Of iOS 11 for iPhone and iPad 56
The Behind-the-Scenes Changes Found In MacOS High Sierra 205
Apple Mac Computers Are Being Targeted By Ransomware, Spyware 54
Teardown of New iMac Reveals Upgradable Processors, RAM 205
Apple To Force Users To 2FA On iOS 11, macOS High Sierra 119
Apple To Phase Out 32-Bit Mac Apps Starting In January 2018 249
Google Releases Chrome 59 72
Apple Announces Native HEVC Support In MacOS High Sierra and iOS 11 136
Apple Piles On the Features, and Users Say, 'Enough!' 191
Chinese 'Fireball' Malware Infects Nearly 250 Million Computers Worldwide 66
Apple Co-founder Thinks Apple Is Now Too Big a Company To Come Up With the Next Big Thing 211
App Maker's Code Stolen in Malware Attack 73
Should You Leave Google Chrome For the Opera Browser? 303
Apple Releases macOS 10.12.5, iOS 10.3.2, watchOS 3.2.2, tvOS 10.2.1 45
Ask Slashdot: What Is the 'Special Appeal' of Apple Products? 757
Modern 'Hackintoshes' Show That Apple Should Probably Just Build a Mac Tower 219
Apple Forces Recyclers To Shred All iPhones and MacBooks 224
StarCraft Is Now Free, Nearly 20 Years After Its Release 239
Internet Archive Adds Early Macintosh OS and App Emulators 66
McAfee: Big Spike In Mac OS Malware In 2016, Mostly From Adware Bundling 64
The Mac Pro Is Getting a Major Do-Over 240
Apple Will Ship A Pro iMac Later This Year, It Won't Feature Touchscreen 163
WikiLeaks' New Dump Shows How The CIA Allegedly Hacked Macs and iPhones Almost a Decade Ago 113
Popular Open-Source Audio Editor Audacity Adds Windows 10 Support, More Improvements 102
MAC Address Randomization Flaws Leave Android and iOS Phones Open To Tracking 56
Russian Cyberspies Blamed For US Election Hacks Are Now Targeting Macs 251
Story of Two Developers Who Are Reporting Growth in Revenue After Leaving Apple's App Store 65
The Leap Week: Did Apple Really Have a Record Quarter? 53
Microsoft Is Disabling Older Versions of Skype For Mac and Windows On March 1 113
Apple Developing Custom ARM-Based Mac Chip That Would Lessen Intel Role 267
Microsoft Says It Is Winning Its New War Against Macs 313
Mac Sales Declined Nearly 10 Percent Last Year 328
Apple Seemingly Censors UltraFine 5K Monitor Reviews After Poor Feedback 97
Apple is Bringing Night Shift Mode To Its Desktop OS 78
Wine 2.0 Released 202
Apple Will Finally Let Developers Respond To App Store Reviews 62
Pwn2Own 2017 Offers Big Bounties For Linux, Browser, and Apache Exploits 56
Malwarebytes Discovers 'First Mac Malware of 2017' 60
Safari Users Unable to Play Newer 4K Video On YouTube in Native Resolution 124
Apple To Offer 32GB of Desktop RAM, Kaby Lake In Top-End 2017 MacBook Pro, Says Analyst 300
Consumer Reports Now Recommends MacBook Pros 164
Apple's Share of PC Users Drops To A Five-Year Low 228
Silicon Valley Veteran On Apple: Company Has Become Sloppy, Missed Updates, Delayed Refreshes 293
Norton Announces Core, a Smart Router To Protect Domestic IoT Devices 119