• Developer News: New Beta Downloads Now Available
  - Xcode 9 beta 6 (9M214v)
  - macOS High Sierra 10.13 beta 7 (17A352a)
  - iOS 11 beta 7 (15A5362a)
  - tvOS 11 beta 7 (15J5369a)
  
  
• Op-Ed on Apple's $1 Billion plans for original Video Content (cnbc)
  
  
• Happy 15th Birthday CCC (carbon copy cloner blog)
  
  
• Benefits of HEVC, HEIF file formats in macOS High Sierra and iOS 11 (sponsor blog)
  
  
• F1™ 2017 coming to macOS (via Steam) on August 25th (feral interactive)
  
  
• Hollywood, Apple Said to Mull Rental Plan, Defying Theaters (bloomberg)
  
  
• Stalkerware: What It Is, How To Detect It, and How To Remove It (sponsor blog)
  
  
• System requirements for BioShock Remastered on macOS (feral interactive)
  - macOS 10.12.5 or later, 2.4Ghz i5 (or better), 8GB of RAM or more.
  - Includes list of supported Macs and graphics cards.
  
  
• Microsoft Office 2016 for Mac 15.37.0 Update (See release notes)
  
  
• How to Customize Safari Website Preferences in macOS High Sierra (sponsor blog)
  
  
• Mac mini shuts down during sleep (apple forum thread)
  (See notes/tips in Feb 2013 post Why iMac/Mac Mini Powers Off after Hours of Sleep - Hibernates/Turns Off. 2012 and later mini, iMac, notebooks. Includes info on PMSET mods.)

• How to set a firmware password on your Mac
  
  
• Use FileVault to encrypt the startup disk on your Mac
  
  
• How to use safe mode to isolate issues with your Mac
  
  
• Troubleshooting a Mac that won't turn on
  
  
• How to Use the LG UltraFine 5K Display with your Mac
  
  
• If you see a progress bar when your Mac wakes from sleep

Page of How-To, Troubleshooting & Tips for Mac/OS X/iOS Users from Airplay to Thunderbolt.
 

• VR HTC Vive $200 Price Cut (Vive blog)
  
  
• New 8th Gen Intel Core Processors (intel PR)
  
  
• Intel 8th Gen Core CPUs, Starting with Kaby Lake Refresh for 15W Mobile (anandtech)
  
  
• 4TB WD My Passport Ultra Review (storagereview)
  
  
• Wal-Mart Applies for Patent for Blimp-Style Floating Warehouse (bloomberg)
  
  
• Vulnerabilities fixed in Thunderbird 52.3 (mozilla)
  
  
• R.I.P Jerry Lewis

• Updating the dynamic linker shared cache is now enabled for High Sierra systems that have at least 4GB of RAM. Apple has addressed the issue that led to a watchdog reboot when running this utility, although it still consumes far too much memory to be practical for systems with less than 4GB of RAM.
  
  
• Fixed an issue with resetting the password for an encrypted disk image.
  
  
• A "454 temporary failure" error from an SMTP server is now properly handled.
  
  
• Fixed an issue in which the SIP-related fileflags for root-level hidden items on the destination were stripped and not replaced.
  
  
• Fixed a keychain retrieval bug that occurred when the hostname has a backslash character.

August 7th to 11th, 2017 News Archive
• Safari Technology Preview Release 37 release notes
• Little Snitch 4.0.2 for OS X 10.11, macOS 10.12, info on 10.13 compatibility
• Micromat MachineProfile 1.2.4 (adds support for High Sierra, more)
• Pacifist 3.5.13 (adds support for the macOS 10.13 High Sierra installer, more)
• Security updates for Adobe Digital Editions, Flash, and Acrobat/Reader
• How to Fix and Avoid Most Common Mac Error Messages - Part 2
• Op-Ed on Mac sales/growth from Apple 3rd Quarter Results
• Firefox 55.0.1 (and 55.0) release notes
• Firefox 52.3.0 ESR release notes
• Seagate 64TB NVMe SSD and New Nytro SSDs At FMS
• Intel Skylake-X Finalized Specs - 18-Cores, 4.4 GHz Turbo, 165W
• Sony UBP-X800/UX80 4K/UHD Player Firmware Update M36.R.0175
• Apple Support/How-To Article Updates:
  - How to Create a NetBoot, NetInstall, or NetRestore image
  - How to connect with Thunderbolt 3 on your new MacBook Pro
  - Use the Mac OS that came with your Mac, or a compatible newer version
  - How to turn off Find My iPhone Activation Lock

For links to older news pages, see the Archives.