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Apple seeds OS X Mavericks 10.9.3 Build 13D17 to Developers. This would be the third pre-release build of OS X Mavericks 10.9.3.
As usual the details of this pre-release OS X build is covered by NDA, but it doesn’t stop the usual suspect of tech-news sites to publish them.
Apple seeds OS X Mavericks 10.9.3 build 13D17 to Developers. This would be the second OS X 10.9.3 seed.
As already reported by many sites, Apple seeds OS X Mavericks 10.9.3 build 12D12 to Developers.
Details of this seed is covered by Apple Developer NDA, but it didn’t stop any of the sites (1, 2, 3, 4, …) from mentioning them.
In the mean time, Apple Developers are anxiously waiting for the GM or release build of iOS 7.1, since the current build (beta 5) has the goto fail vulnerability.
When asked about the release date of iOS 7.1, firstname@apple.com simply said “soon.”
Apple releases iTunes 11.1.5
OS X
This update fixes a problem that may cause iTunes to quit unexpectedly when a device is connected and improves compatibility with iBooks for Mac on OS X Mavericks.
Windows
This update resolves an issue with typing Japanese text in the iTunes Store and fixes a problem that may cause iTunes to quit unexpectedly when a device is connected.
iTunes 11.1.4 for Windows (64-bit)
This version of iTunes resolves an issue where the equalizer may not work as expected and improves performance when switching views in large iTunes libraries.
This update also includes additional minor bug fixes.
In the morning of Tuesday, February 25, 2014 Apple releases fix for SSL Vulnerability in OS X Mavericks, Mountain Lion and Lion.
The fix for SSL Vulnerability is included in OS X Mavericks 10.9.2.
Safari on OS X Mavericks 10.9.2 passed the goto fail test.
This update:
- Adds the ability to make and receive FaceTime audio calls
- Adds call waiting support for FaceTime audio and video calls
- Adds the ability to block incoming iMessages from individual senders
- Improves the accuracy of unread counts in Mail
- Resolves an issue that prevented Mail from receiving new messages from certain providers
- Improves AutoFill compatibility in Safari
- Fixes an issue that may cause audio distortion on certain Macs
- Improves reliability when connecting to a file server using SMB2
- Fixes an issue that may cause VPN connections to disconnect
- Improves VoiceOver navigation in Mail and Finder
For detailed information about this update, please visit: About the OS X Mavericks 10.9.2 Update
Security Update 2014-001 (Mountain Lion)
Security Update 2014-001 (Lion)
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The SSL Vulnerability is currently present in iOS 7.1 beta 5 build 11D5145e. According to an Apple engineer, a new build of iOS 7.1 beta is coming “really soon”.
Apple released iOS 6.1.6 and iOS 7.0.6 to address an SSL vulnerability issue on Friday, February 21, 2014. According to reports, the same vulnerability presents in the current build of OS X Mavericks 10.9.1, OS X Mavericks 10.9.2 build 13C62 and iOS 7.1 beta build 11D5145e.
Based on goto fail; test Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Camino on OS X are not affected by this vulnerability. Camino browser was no longer developed as of May 31, 2013.
Apple is expected to fix this SSL vulnerability issue in the upcoming build of iOS 7.1 and OS X Mavericks (10.91 and 10.9.2 Developer Preview).
John Gruber wrote a great post on Daring Fireball regarding this SSL vulnerability issue and NSA exploits on iOS.
According to Jeffrey Grossman’s tweet (Jeffrey903):
I have confirmed that the SSL vulnerability was introduced in iOS 6.0. It is not present in 5.1.1 and is in 6.0 /cc @markgurman
Tin foil hat might be handy, as a sleeper NSA agent might be working at Apple.
Apple Seeds OS X Mavericks 10.9.2 build 13C62, just a mere 5 days after build 13C59.
Further speculations by a developer that shall remain unnamed indicates Apple is aiming for late February 2014 release for OS X Mavericks 10.9.2.