Apple’s recent presentation of the new Macbook Pro has had rather negative feedback. I too was disappointed when the end arrived and all we’d seen was something related to Apple TV (not interested), the demise of the Macbook Air and a new line up of Pros. Like many others, I’ve been waiting for quite some time to upgrade my Mac. In fact, my mini is nearing 10 years old and no longer supported by Apple and Google Chrome (at least there’s Firefox)!

Each year Apple brings new features to OS X. Features that aim to secure the system. Features that bring about discussions that suggest OS X is becoming a ‘Walled Garden’ like IOS and question “Why is apple making OS X more like IOS?”. So, we now have Gatekeeper, Sandboxing and System Integrity Protection (aka rootless). There’s no question that Apple takes security seriously, though I do sometimes wonder about some of the solutions they provide, such as SIP, which has made developer lives so difficult that some have abandoned development, whilst others use more nefarious methods: