Just a few notes about the wave of updates that hit yesterday:
- Here’s Apple’s 11.3 press release with all the new shiny called out.
I am really interested in Business Chat. Subtle expansion of Messages to allow direct customer support and payment (via Apple Pay). Depends on adoption of course, but could be a big thing.
- Common to both iOS 11.3 and macOS 10.13.4, Safari will now warn you about insecure pages. This page has the deets, worth reading but, in a nutshell, if you see the red “Not secure” in the address bar, proceed with caution.
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This Apple support page focuses on the security content of iOS 11.3.
Very interesting read. Here’s just a taste, a comment about a fix to the Clock app:
Impact: A person with physical access to an iOS device may be able to see the email address used for iTunes
Description: An information disclosure issue existed in the handling of alarms and timers. This issue was addressed through improved access restrictions.
Lots of these.
- This support page has all the details on the macOS High Sierra 10.13.4 Update.
Big items from this list? Support for external graphics processors (eGPUs), allows jumping to the rightmost open tab using Command-9 in Safari (yup, it works), and support for Business Chat in Messages (at least in the US).
Command 1 takes you to the front, and then Command 2-8 navigate the other tabs. What happens when you have 12 tabs?
Command-Shift-Arrow will move through the tabs sequentially.
No mention of Message in iCloud …..
I imagine a future combination of Maps data, Siri, Business Chat, and Apple Pay could be a path for shopping via HomePod. Or at least reordering past purchases.
You left out smart invert colours in macOS… The support is still a bit limited (probably to WebKit views, because strangely enough, the user avatars in Messages still appear inverted), but it’s a great step in the right direction.