Episode 355: Apple OS Updates, iCloud Private Relay Outage, and a First Look at Apple Intelligence

Operating system updates with security patches arrived for Apple devices this week and we have the rundown of fixes. Apple experiences a major outage of iCloud Private Relay. What does that mean, and who was affected? And the newest betas of Apple's upcoming software are giving us the first look at Apple Intelligence.

Show Notes:

• A member of parliament in India got an Apple “mercenary spyware attack” alert


• iCloud Private Relay outage resolved, but Xcode Cloud issues remain


• Apple releases macOS Sonoma 14.6, iOS 17.6, and more, with urgent security updates


• Apple still leaving critical vulnerabilities unpatched in macOS Sonoma


• Our audit of Homebrew


• Install macOS Sequoia Beta in a Virtual Machine on an M1, M2, or M3 Mac with UTM


• How to Install Apple Beta Software for macOS Sequoia, iOS 18, iPadOS 18, watchOS 11, and tvOS 11


• "So Apple Intelligence does have some mild hallucinations..."


• Apple’s AI guardrails are actually internal prompts appended to the user’s input


• Epic's Tim Sweeney ludicrously calls Apple's 'Find My' a privacy hazard for thieves


• This case turns your Apple Watch into a tiny iPod

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