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Re: About the security content of macOS Tahoe 26.6

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Post by ChrisMarshallNY »

illithid0 wrote: post #43
lapcat wrote: post #41

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> this is better than nothing. Having installed the beta, I think that's the best you can say about it.

As long as the UI improves and I can ignore all the AI stuff they're starting to push through, that's fine with me, though like many longtime macOS users, I'm not holding my breath for a bug-free experience.

> AI stuff they're starting to push through

iOS 26 anecdote:

A couple of weeks ago, I had a Baltimore Oriole (a cool-looking bird, not a baseball player) in my yard. They aren't rare, per se, but they are uncommon.

Took my iPhone out to snap a picture, and pressed the camera button. I hadn't used it, since upgrading to 26.

It takes the picture. It's there. I can see it, but it won't let me save it. Instead, it wants to tell me about the cool new voice-activated AI retouch feature. There was no way to save.

I probably could have figured it out, but I was so furious, I just nuked the picture.

Re: About the security content of macOS Tahoe 26.6

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Post by [deleted] »

snvzz wrote: post #35
pjmlp wrote: post #18

Map the amount of fixes with "... improved bounds checking..." , "...improved memory handling..." , "...improved memory management..." into the amount of developer, QA and release management teams salaries per hour, versus other stuff they could be working on, and that gives an approximate value of how using specific languages maps into monetary loss, and why companies are starting to care nowadays, given computers a…

If anything, there's a strong argument to switch to seL4.

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Re: About the security content of macOS Tahoe 26.6

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Post by bel8 »

MBCook wrote: post #70
mholm wrote: post #66

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I don't believe it's published anywhere, but it's common knowledge to Apple engineers. I can second the poster's assertion that they run Claude internally.

I know they use it, they host it too? That would be a very Apple thing to do.

Yeah that's why I asked. It would be one thing to use, another to host.

And it seems nobody has a source so it's just humors as usual.

Re: About the security content of macOS Tahoe 26.6

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Post by gedy »

hbn wrote: post #83
gedy wrote: post #76

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They reduced the radius back to older, smaller size and now all apps use a single radius, vs the weird 3 different radii in Tahoe. Looks better.

I was shocked to find out the inconsistent corner radii in Tahoe was an intentional design decision. I figured it's so obviously bad that it was just sloppy work. But one of the WWDC session videos bafflingly clarified that it depends on whether the app has a toolbar or not. https://youtu.be/VqTn9NgiE1s?t=439 I can't imagine how the people who signed off on that were put in charge of design at Apple.

I am fairly convinced this was all designed only in graphic tools, and looked nice in static mockups, like those fake desktops with overlapping small windows widely spaced, etc. The design folks probably all had giant studio displays with plenty of room, etc.

Then the reality of "what about toolbars", "what about dark mode", "what about laptop screens", etc were all afterthoughts and resulted in bolt-on fixes like that.

Re: About the security content of macOS Tahoe 26.6

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Post by mholm »

MBCook wrote: post #70
mholm wrote: post #66

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I don't believe it's published anywhere, but it's common knowledge to Apple engineers. I can second the poster's assertion that they run Claude internally.

I know they use it, they host it too? That would be a very Apple thing to do.

Yes, they host it on their own infrastructure.

Re: About the security content of macOS Tahoe 26.6

#106

Post by cromka »

nozzlegear wrote: post #87
cromka wrote: post #20

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I think it's because it's the first big batch of fixes found at Apple by Mythos.

Is this speculation? Where does it say Mythos was responsible for any of this?

It is speculation, which is what I think the upvote count reflects.

Re: About the security content of macOS Tahoe 26.6

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Post by cromka »

ainch wrote: post #29
pbronez wrote: post #24

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Pretty extreme solution… you can get Claude models from AWS Bedrock and Google Model Zoo. These are both very helpful for compliance and security, but do require you to have a cloud strategy.

Some data is so sensitive it likely has to stay on premises though.

That's why banks use Azure on Premises (not sure if other providers offer the same, but the investment bank I worked at did)

Re: About the security content of macOS Tahoe 26.6

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Post by iknowstuff »

noname120 wrote: post #88
illithid0 wrote: post #40

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Also a liquid glass hater, but for what it's worth, 27 is supposed to make it a little bit better. I would prefer to go back to what I had before I had to upgrade into this horrible UI, but this is better than nothing. https://www.cultofmac.com/news/liquid-glass-changes-ios-27-m...

macOS 17 is decisively faster on my MacBook Air M1 16 GB than macOS 26/27 is on my MacBook Pro M2 Max 32 GB. And I don’t mean just the animations themselves but lag/sluggishness/responsiveness in general.

Slower than 15 though
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