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Mac OS Ken: 05.04.2021

Mac OS Ken

Ken Ray

Technology

4.7996 Ratings

🗓️ 4 May 2021

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

- Apple Patches Two Zero-Days with iOS 14.5.1 - Apple Says Vulnerabilities Patched in macOS 11.3.1 May Have Been Exploited in the Wild - Zero-Days Zeroed Out with iPadOS, watchOS, and iOS 12 Updates - Epic v. Apple Trail Gets Underway - Epic Fans' Epic Trolling Hinders Start of Trial - EC Levels Antitrust Charges Against Apple Over Spotify Complaint - IDC: iPad Still Tops Tablet Market - 2021 12.9-Inch iPad Pro Delivery Times Stretch to Early July - Old Magic Keyboard "Functionally Compatible" with New 12.9-Inch iPad Pro - Delta Snags 19,000 iPhone 12s for Flight Attendants - Apple Maps Turns on Cycling Directions for Seattle and California - Upstart - Fair & fast personal loans. Learn more and check your rate at Upstart.com/macosken. - Power what we do next for as little as $1 a month. Join the Mac OS Ken Test Kitchen at Patreon at Patreon.com/macosken - Send me an email: info@macosken.com or call (716)780-4080!

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0:00.0

This is MacO-S-Kinn.

0:06.0

Zero-Out This is MacO-S-Kinn.

0:09.0

Zeroing out some Zero Days,

0:11.0

Epic trolling at Epic B Apple, and talk of tablets and of travel.

0:17.6

It's Tuesday, may the fourth be with you.

0:20.8

I'm Ken Ray, and this is news from Maco West Ken brought to you by yours truly and sponsored by

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Upstart. Fair and fast personal loans.

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Learn more and check your rate at Upstart.com slash MacoS. Ken.

0:40.4

This show is also supported by people like you patrons through Patreon

0:46.2

Find out more and that your support at patreon dot com slash Macoest can

0:55.0

One week after big major updates for nearly every bit of Apple kit

1:00.0

Come small major updates for nearly every bit of Apple Kit.

1:05.0

Arse Technica says Apple on Monday released iOS 14.5.1.

1:11.0

According to the report, the update is meant to patch two zero days that allowed

1:15.1

attackers to execute malicious code on fully up-to-date devices. Monday's

1:20.7

release of version 14.5.1 also fixes problems with a bug in the newly released

1:26.4

app tracking transparency feature rolled out in the previous version.

1:31.0

Both are important though the ATT fix is the less scary of the two. On

1:37.1

that front Apple's release notes say this update fixes an issue with app tracking transparency where some users who previously disabled

1:45.2

allow apps to request to track in settings may not receive prompts from apps after re-enabling

1:52.2

it. As for the zero days, they're in Web Kit, which means they're in just

1:57.8

about everything Apple makes. That's why we also got Mac OS Big Sur 11.3.1 on Monday.

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