Apple Apologises For Mac
Apple has apologised after facing criticism for admitting it deliberately slows down some ageing iPhone models. The company now says it will replace batteries for less and will issue software in 2018 so customers can monitor their phone's battery health.
Some customers had long suspected the company slowed older iPhones to encourage customers to upgrade. Apple admitted slowing some phones with ageing batteries but said it was to 'prolong the life' of the devices. In a statement posted on its website, the firm said it would reduce the price of an out-of-warranty battery replacement from $79 (£58) to $29 (£21) for anyone with an iPhone 6 or later. It said it was pushing ahead with measures to 'address customers' concerns, to recognise their loyalty and to regain the trust of anyone who may have doubted Apple's intentions'.
'At Apple, our customers' trust means everything to us. We will never stop working to earn and maintain it. We are able to do the work we love only because of your faith and support - and we will never forget that or take it for granted,' it said. The firm has had eight separate lawsuits in the US filed against it over the matter, and had also been facing additional legal action in Israel and France. Apple acknowledged earlier this month that it does deliberately slow down some models of the iPhone as they age. Indesign cs5 crack for mac. It said it had made changes to the iOS operating system to manage ageing lithium-ion batteries in some devices, because the batteries' performance diminishes over time.
'Lithium-ion batteries become less capable of supplying peak current demands when in cold conditions, when they have a low battery charge or as they age over time, which can result in the device unexpectedly shutting down to protect its electronic components,' the company said. It also emerged on Thursday that the tech giant's chief executive Tim Cook had been ordered by the firm to only use private jets for both business and personal transport for security reasons. In November, Apple was forced to release an update to fix a security issue with its Mac operating system that made it possible to gain entry to a device and administrative powers without a password.
NEW YORK: Apple has admitted a major security flaw in its Mac operating system which made it possible for anyone to access it without a password, saying it 'stumbled' with its latest software, according to a media report. The flaw, revealed on Tuesday, also made it possible to access powerful administrator rights of the system, Tech Crunch reported. 'We greatly regret this error and we apologise to all Mac users.
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When our security engineers became aware of the issue Tuesday afternoon, we immediately began working on an update that closes the security hole,' the firm was quoted as saying by BBC. Apple has pushed out an update to fix the major security hole in its Mac operating system.
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The latest version of MacOS will automatically download the update. 'This morning, the update is available for download, and starting later today it will be automatically installed on all systems running the latest version (10.13.1) of MacOS High Sierra,' it added. It is only second time Apple has forcibly updated users' machines and comes in response to widespread concern that millions of Mac computers were at risk, the report said.
Users running older versions of MacOS will see a notification prompting an upgrade. 'Regrettably, we stumbled with this release of MacOS. We are auditing our development processes to help prevent this from happening again,' it said.