By Rick Sutcliffe
Sierra’s problems continue, as the Spy receives other reports of programs not functioning besides the ones cited here last month. To be fair, the Olive Tree folk managed to get their Bible Study program working on Sierra, reducing the number of fails by one.
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Parallels has launched Parallels Toolbox 1.3 for Mac, an upgrade that adds five new utilities to the stand-alone application which was released in August, and its quarterly updates of new tools, is also included with subscriptions to Parallels Desktop for Mac. The five new utilities are:
° Block Camera: Protect your privacy. Block or unblock all applications from accessing the built-in camera on a Mac in one click;
° Eject Volumes: This allows users to eject all volumes, including external hard drives, memory cards, network volumes and mounted disk images with one click;
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A new book from geek book publisher No Starch Press and the best-selling author of “Automate the Boring Stuff with Python” (over 70,000 copies sold) promises to teach aspiring coders of any age how to create simple computer games with the Python programming language.
Read MoreWorldwide smartphone shipments are expected to reach 1.45 billion units with a year-over-year growth rate of 0.6% in 2016 according to the latest forecast from the International Data Corporation (IDC). Although growth remains positive, it is down significantly from the 10.4% growth in 2015.
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Apple has seeded the fourth beta of an upcoming tvOS 10.1 update to developers for testing purposes. The developer beta can be downloaded through the Apple Developer Center or the Software Update mechanism in the Mac App Store.
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