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iTunes is a media player, media library, and mobile device management utility developed by Apple.It is used to purchase, play, download and organize digital multimedia on personal computers running the macOS and Windows operating systems, and can be used to rip songs from CDs as well as playing content from dynamic, smart playlists.
The IPSW file format plays a crucial role in managing the software updates and restores for a variety of Apple devices. Its use extends beyond just iPhones and iPads, as it now also covers Apple silicon Macs, which can be updated using Apple Configurator 2. These files are integral to the device's firmware and contain various critical ...
Boot Camp Assistant is a multi boot utility included with Apple Inc.'s macOS (previously Mac OS X / OS X) that assists users in installing Microsoft Windows operating systems on Intel-based Macintosh computers.
It was discontinued in 1986 alongside the Lisa line of computers, [150] with System Software being partially based on it. [151] MkLinux – an open-source Linux-based software computer operating system, [152] [153] support dropped by Apple in 2002 [154] [155] Newton OS – a mobile operating system for the Apple Newton, discontinued in 1997 [156]
This version provides a "LightsOut Restore" feature, which restores a system from an on-disk software recovery environment similar to Windows RE, thereby allowing recovery without a bootable CD. Upon system startup, a menu asks whether start the operating system or the LightsOut recovery environment.
The initial public release of iOS 10 on September 13, 2016 saw many iPhones and iPads sent into recovery mode, by the over-the-air update, requiring devices to be connected to a Mac or PC with iTunes in order to retry the update or restore the device to factory settings. Apple very shortly after released iOS 10.0.1, and issued an apology.
Apple Software Restore or asr is a command line utility in Mac OS X used to apply a DMG disk image to a selected partition or mount point on a file system. It is often used for cloning large numbers of Macintosh computers. Apple Software Restore can read an image locally or from a server via HTTP or its own multicast asr:// URI.
Apple has modified the C compiler toolchain that is used to build iBoot in order to advance memory safety since iOS 14.This advancement is designed to mitigate entire classes of common memory corruption vulnerabilities such as buffer overflows, heap exploitations, type confusion vulnerabilities, and use-after-free attacks.