Tag: Windows

VMWare adds support for Apple Silicon. Now Windows 11 could be a guest OS on Apple Silicon Macs.

On Apple Silicon, we’ve introduced our first round of features for Windows 11 on Arm. In this release VMware Tools provides virtual graphics and networking, and more is still to come. With certified and signed drivers Windows 11 looks fantastic, and adjust the resolution to 4K and beyond!  
Note that Fusion on Apple Silicon must run the Arm variant of Windows 11, and it does not support the x86/Intel version of Windows. 

VMWare Fusion Blog

VMWare Fusion Blog: VMware Fusion 13: Now available for Intel and Apple Silicon Macs

Reference: VMware Fusion 13 Now Available With Native Support for Apple Silicon Macs

Apple released iTunes 12.12.6 for Windows bringing support for new iPad and iPad Pro models.

References: Apple Releases iTunes 12.12.6 for Windows With Support for New iPads

Swift team announces IMAPv4 library as a part of Swift server expansion.

As part of expanding the Swift on Server ecosystem, we’re thrilled to announce the release of a new IMAPv4 parser and encoder, SwiftNIO IMAP.

Swift Blog

Swift Blog: Announcing SwiftNIO IMAP

GitHub: swift-nio-imap

Apple releases Boot Camp 6.1.16 wit bug fixes and support for WiFi WPA3 authentication support.

References:

• Apple Updates Boot Camp With WiFi Improvements and Bug Fixes
• Apple updates Boot Camp for Intel Macs with WPA3 Wi-Fi support

Release Preview channel of Windows 11 allows you can now to start testing Android apps on your PC. Microsoft is preparing to roll out the feature to all Windows 11 users next month.

more:

https://blogs.windows.com/windows-insider/2021/10/20/announcing-android-apps-on-windows-11-preview-for-windows-insiders-in-the-beta-channel/

Google today is rolling out a limited beta test of its newly announced Google Play Games for PC product. The beta program is available in Hong Kong, South Korea, and Taiwan. The Google Play Games PC application, which was announced last month during The Game Awards event, allows people to play Google Play games on Windows PCs, in addition to currently supported platforms like mobile, tablet, and ChromeOS. The new PC support will include both laptops and desktops, Google said, and players will be able to pick up from where they left off when switching from another device, like their Android phone, over to their computer.

New "SysJoker" cross-platform exploit now can infect machines with different OSes.

Interestingly, this exploit uses Universal Binary allowing it to run on Intel and Apple Silicon Macs. Code is signed with ad-hoc certificate. New certificates could be used in the future.

The files and directories created by SysJoker include:
/Library/MacOsServices
/Library/MacOsServices/updateMacOs
/Library/SystemNetwork
/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.update.plist
The persistence code is under the path LibraryLaunchAgents/com.apple.update.plist. If the files are found on a Mac, it is advised to kill off all related processes and delete the files.

AppleInsider

Reference: macOS, Windows, Linux all targeted by new cross-platform exploit

Apple releases iCloud for Windows 13 with support for ProRAW, ProRes, strong password generation.

Update also allows to share files using iCloud Drive.

Documentation for the Windows Subsystem for Android was spotted on Microsoft’s website and the company has now officially announced that Android apps are now available on Windows 11 if you’re a Windows Insider. You need to be enrolled in the Beta channel, in order to access the initial preview for Android apps on Windows 11. Another requirement, at least for now, is that your PC’s region is set to the United States, and to access the Amazon Appstore, you’ll also need to US-based Amazon account.

Parallels announced support for macOS Monterey and Windows 11 in new update. If your development depends on these OSes, you can now use Parallels Desktop 17.1. It also supports Apple Silicon for macOS virtualization.