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Remember Back to My Mac, which let you access your network from afar? There’s a new game in town. Tailscale creates a secure virtual LAN for your devices that lets you access your own resources and share that access with groups, working around NAT connections that often...

Improves the recently added Transcribe functionality and removes its beta labeling. ($64 new, free update, 32.4 MB, macOS 14.4+)

Automation and cleanup utility adds support for the Brave and Vivaldi browsers. ($42 new, free update, 27.5 MB, macOS 10.14+)

Brings improvements and bug fixes to the Gmail-specific email app. ($49.99 new, free update, 11.6 MB, macOS 12+)

Brings a variety of page management improvements to Publisher and machine learning features to Photo. (Various prices new, free update, various sizes, macOS 10.15+)

Improves connection identification in the Network Monitor. ($59 new, free update, 40.9 MB, macOS 14+)

Password manager now requires a minimum of macOS 12 Monterey. ($35.88 annual subscription, free update, 4.8 MB, macOS 12+)

The United Kingdom has secretly demanded that Apple enable backdoor access to all iCloud data stored by any user worldwide. In apparent response, Apple has disabled its higher-grade iCloud protection for UK users, although it is illegal for the company to admit that.