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WWDC 2012 Flashback: Mountain Lion, iOS 6 and the radical new Retina MacBook Pro

Submitted by Peter Cohen on Sat, 05/31/2014 - 23:36

As we head towards WWDC 2014 we thought it would be fun to look back at Apple World Wide Developer Conferences past, what they introduced, and what impact they made. Today let's take a look at WWDC 2012, where Apple took the wraps off of Mountain Lion, iOS 6 and new MacBook models...

iOS 7.0.6 and 6.1.6 for iPhone and iPad released, go get your bug fixes! [Update: Apple TV too!]

Submitted by Peter Cohen on Fri, 02/21/2014 - 13:24

Apple on Friday released iOS 7 version 7.0.6 and iOS 6 version 6.1.6. Both are no available as over-the-air (OTA) downloads. Apple describes the 7.0.6 update thus:

Apple releases iOS 6.1.5 for iPod touch 4, also fixes FaceTime call bug

Submitted by Rene Ritchie on Thu, 11/14/2013 - 13:44

While pretty much every other iOS device released since 2010 is getting iOS 7.0.4, the not-qualified iPod touch 4 is getting the same FaceTime call bug fix but in retro iOS 6.1.5 form (2010 original iPad had not camera, so no FaceTime).

Sorry folks, you can no longer downgrade from iOS 7 back to iOS 6!

Submitted by Allyson Kazmucha on Tue, 09/24/2013 - 13:56

We're getting a lot of inquiries from a lot of people who, for whatever reason, aren't happy with iOS 7 and want to downgrade to iOS 6 with the set of instructions we provided for the original beta. However, that was then and this is now. if you are on the public release of iOS 7 and you're reading this, you can no longer downgrade to iOS 6 at this time.

Apple once again tells developers iOS 6 has a 93% adoption rate, dares them to compare to Android

Submitted by Joseph Keller on Fri, 06/21/2013 - 13:56

Apple has updated part of its developer website to highlight that the vast majority, 93%, of iOS customers are using iOS 6 or higher. iOS 5 is still in use by just 6% of customers, while 1% use iOS 4 or below.

iOS 6 reports for U.S. defense duty with new approval

Submitted by Peter Cohen on Fri, 05/17/2013 - 14:50

The U.S. Department of Defense has approved the use of iOS 6 devices, which may help Apple to build some strength in a market still dominated by BlackBerry devices. The US D.O.D. currently has about 470,000 BlackBerrys in use across its networks, with 41,000 Apple mobile devices and 8,700 Android devices.

The Department of Defense is building a multivendor environment, it said in a press release, with BlackBerry and Samsung Knox devices also receiving similar approval.

The D.O.D. has cracked the door open to Apple and Android users, but it's not a Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) environment: The organization doesn't support personal phones to connect to the network.

iOS 6.0 gets US federal government's security stamp of approval

Submitted by Derek Kessler on Tue, 05/07/2013 - 15:42

Since the dawn of time, BlackBerry smartphones have been the mobile communicator of choice for the United States federal government. The federal National Institute of Standards and Technology has been approving hardware and software to meet the FIPS (Federal Information Processing Standard) since 1995, and today iOS 6.0 was granted FIPS 140-2 certification. Specifically, the iOS CryptoCore Kernel Module 3.0 was assured to to meet the security requirements of the government.

Apple advises developers to stop accessing UDIDs, start supporting Retina and 16x9 by May 1

Submitted by Rene Ritchie on Thu, 03/21/2013 - 23:50

Apple has posted two new entries to their developer news page, the first warning developers they need to stop tracking people via UDID, and the second warning them they have to start supporting the double density Retina display, and 16x9 iPhone 5 and iPod touch 5 dip-lays, by May 1.

Apple seeds newly renumbered iOS 6.1.3 beta 2 to developers

Submitted by Rene Ritchie on Thu, 02/21/2013 - 13:22

Apple has released iOS 6.1.3 beta 2 to developers. The second beta to what was originally numbered iOS 6.1.1, recent updates meant to address cellular connectivity on the iPhone 4S and an Exchange calendar bug on all iOS devices, caused the latest beta to get re-sequenced to iOS 6.1.3.

If you're a paid developer, you can grab it now through the usual channels.

More: developer.apple.com

Apple releases iOS 6.1.2 for iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, fixes Exchange calendar bug

Submitted by Rene Ritchie on Tue, 02/19/2013 - 13:15

Apple has just released iOS 6.1.2, their second minor point update, and as promised it fixes a bug that's caused network activity problems for Exchange calendar users.

How to update iOS 6 over-the-air (OTA)

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