Malware targeting webcams and microphones has now come up for Mac laptops

Patrick Wardle, an ex-NSA staffer who heads up research at security intelligence firm Synack, discovered a way for Mac malware to tap into your live feeds from Mac's built-in webcam and microphone to locally record you even without detection.

One of the most insidious actions of malware is abusing the video capabilities of an infected host to record an unknowing user. Macs, of course, are not immune; malware such as OSX/Eleanor, OSX/Crisis, and others, all attempt to spy on OS X users.

Wardle is the same researcher who has discovered a number of security weaknesses in Apple products, including ways to bypass the Gatekeeper protections in OS X.

Wardle also released a free tool called RansomWhere? earlier this year that has generic detection capabilities for Mac OS X ransomware variants.

Wardle is scheduled to present his new findings at the Virus Bulletin conference in Denver later today, along with his research demonstrating how malware could easily piggyback on your legitimate webcam sessions to keep its spying activity hidden.

Yes, piggybacking legitimate webcam sessions initiated by you.

Here's How Mac Malware Works:
Since Mac's firmware-level protection lights the green LED for any unauthorized access to user's webcam, Wardle believes that attackers can use a malicious app that quietly monitors the system for any outgoing feed of an existing webcam session – like a Skype or FaceTime call – where the light indicator would already be ON.

The malware then piggybacks the victim's webcam or microphone to secretly record both audio and video session, without any visible indication of this malicious activity and any fear of detection.

In his paper presentation, titled 'Getting Duped: Piggybacking on Webcam Streams for Surreptitious Recordings,' Wardle outlines the threat along with countermeasures to detect "secondary" processes that try to access an existing video session on OS X.


How to Prevent Your WebCam and Mic from Being Hacked

Moreover, physically covering your webcam wit a tape – like what Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and FBI Director James Comey do – also offers a low-tech approach to keeping snoopers away.

 source: Virus Bulletin

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How to stop Apple automatic macOS 10.13 Sierra update on your Macbook

Microsoft has been doing the same thing to its Windows 7 and 8 users by aggressively pushing Windows 10 installation since its launch, which caused a massive outcry.

Following in Microsoft's footsteps, Apple has started "pre-downloading" the latest version of its desktop operating system, macOS 10.12 Sierra, in the background, if you are still running OS X El Capitan.

If you have automatic downloads enabled on your Mac, a large file of around 5GB will mysteriously be downloaded to your computer in the background, using your Internet bandwidth for unrequested files.
Apple justifies this move by saying that the automatic download would make it easier for users to get the newest operating system, encouraging them to update their Macs.

The good news, however, is that the update will not install automatically without your permission.

Once downloaded automatically in the background, users who are running OS X El Capitan version 10.11.5 or later will receive a notification that says macOS Sierra is ready to be installed.

All you need to do is just click the Install button to get started with the update.
Thankfully, the automatic update feature is smart enough that it will only be downloaded on Mac computers that have an adequate amount of storage space and meet the specs for macOS Sierra.
So the Sierra installer will be deleted if the host Mac computer starts running low on storage.

"Apple is also being smart about the download. If your computer is low on space, macOS Sierra will not download," The Loop reports. "In addition, if it has downloaded and your computer starts to get low on space, the download will be automatically deleted."

If you're not ready to upgrade to the latest macOS or want to download it later, you can simply delete the Sierra installer manually to keep from being prompted to do the install.

To delete the Sierra installer, go to Finder → Applications and then look for an application called 'Install macOS Sierra' and move the application to Trash, and Empty the Trash for leaving no trace of the Sierra.

Your Mac could prompt you for your Mac login password to complete the above action.

But if you don't want a bulky 5GB update to be downloaded to your computer for first before you kick off the installation, you can disable automatic downloads from the App Store to avoid the unwanted download.

To disable the feature, you can head on to System Preferences → App Store → Automatically check for updates and then uncheck "Download newly available updates in the background."

That's it.

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Dropbox security fears surrounding its Mac app about the permissions it needs

Users now claim that Dropbox's Mac app asks for overly broad permissions, swipes your password and even hacks the operating system. The cloud storage service is trying to allay those fears, though. Desktop app team member Ben Newhouse has responded to concerns on Hacker News with both an explanation of design decisions and a promise to improve its transparency.

The app only asks for the permissions it needs, Newhouse says. It uses the Mac's accessibility kit for certain tie-ins (such as in Office), and demands elevated access to your OS when standard programming interfaces fall short. The permissions aren't as "granular" as Dropbox would like, the developer adds. He stresses that Dropbox can't see your system's administrator password, and a privilege check on startup is only to make sure the software works consistently, especially across OS versions.

As for what the company will do to turn things around? To start, it wants to do a "better job" explaining what its software is doing and why it needs the permissions it does. Also, it's teaming with Apple to reduce that dependence on elevated access in macOS Sierra, and will respect when people disable Dropbox's accessibility permissions -- currently, it turns the permissions back on.

The effort to come clean may assuage those worried Dropbox is running roughshod over your computer. However, it's not pleasing everyone. Hacker News users want the firm to more explicitly outline why it needs the permissions it does, and they're worried that the broad system-level control opens the door to malware that otherwise wouldn't be possible. It's important to stress that Dropbox's requests aren't unique -- apps like Chrome and Steam also demand accessibility permissions for features, such as Steam's screen overlay. However, that might not reassure customers who believe that Dropbox's existing approach is both unnecessary and risky.

source: Hacker News

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BitTorrent app was linked to Mac ransomware

BitTorrent app was linked to the first known instance of Mac ransomware, security researchers at ESET have pinpointed another form of malware taking advantage of Transmission to infect Mac users. Keydnap, as it's called, takes advantage of a modified version of Transmission (planted on the developer's site without its knowledge) to attack your computer. It's similar to the ransomware's approach in more ways than just its choice of host app -- it even uses a signing key to trick Apple's Gatekeeper safeguard into letting it through.
 
The malware's effect may be limited. Transmission only had the affected version available for about a day before they pulled it, and ESET has already told Apple about Keydnap about the relevant key. It's just a matter of blocking that key to prevent the malware from running. Nonetheless, this is a reminder that even stringent system-level protections won't always catch rogue code.

Literally minutes after being notified by ESET, the Transmission team removed the malicious file from their web server and launched an investigation to identify how this happened. At the time of writing, it was impossible to tell exactly when the malicious file was made available for download. According to the signature, the application bundle was signed on August 28th, 2016, but it seems to have been distributed only the next day. Thus, we advise anyone who downloaded Transmission v2.92 between August 28th and August 29th, 2016, inclusively, to verify if their system is compromised by testing the presence of any of the following file or directory:

• /Applications/Transmission.app/Contents/Resources/License.rtf
• /Volumes/Transmission/Transmission.app/Contents/Resources/License.rtf
• $HOME/Library/Application Support/com.apple.iCloud.sync.daemon/icloudsyncd
• $HOME/Library/Application Support/com.apple.iCloud.sync.daemon/process.id
• $HOME/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.iCloud.sync.daemon.plist
• /Library/Application Support/com.apple.iCloud.sync.daemon/
• $HOME/Library/LaunchAgents/com.geticloud.icloud.photo.plist

Source: ESET

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Apple OS Can Be Hacked Remotely With Just A Message

Cisco Talos senior researcher Tyler Bohan, who discovered this critical Stagefright-type bug in iOS, described the flaw as "an extremely critical bug, comparable to the Android Stagefright as far as exposure goes."

Just a year ago vulnerabilities in Android allowed hackers to quietly spy on nearly a billion phones with one specially-crafted text. 

iPhone owners should now take note: a security researcher today warned there are comparable vulnerabilities to those Stagefright bugs in iOS allowing completely silent, almost undetectable password theft from iPhones. Apple AAPL +0.14% has patched the flaws in iOS 9.3.3, however, and users have been advised to update as soon as they can.

All an attacker needs to do is create an exploit for the bug and send it via a multimedia message (MMS) or iMessage inside a Tagged Image File Format (TIFF).

Once the message received on the victim's device, the hack would launch.

The critical bug (CVE-2016-4631) actually resides in ImageIO – API used to handle image data – and works across all widely-used Apple operating systems, including Mac OS X, tvOS, and watchOS.

The attack could also be delivered over Safari; all that would be required would be for the user to visit a website containing the malicious code and for the browser to parse the exploit. No interaction with the site would be required.

Bohan described the issue as “an extremely critical bug, comparable to the Android Stagefright as far as exposure goes.” “The receiver of an MMS cannot prevent exploitation and MMS is a store and deliver mechanism, so I can send the exploit today and you will receive it whenever your phone is online,” he added.

In both the cases, no explicit user interaction would be required to launch the attack since many applications (like iMessage) automatically attempt to render images when they are received in their default configurations.
It is quite difficult for the victim to detect the attack, which if executed, could leak victims' authentication credentials stored in memory such as Wi-Fi passwords, website credentials, and email logins, to the attacker.

Since iOS include sandbox protection to prevent hackers exploiting one part of the OS to control the whole thing, a hacker would require a further iOS jailbreak or root exploit to take total control of the complete iPhone.

However, Mac OS X does not have sandbox protection that could allow an attacker to access the Mac computer remotely with the victim's passwords, potentially making users of Apple's PCs completely vulnerable to the attack.

Apple has patched this critical issue in iOS version 9.3.3, along with patches for other 42 vulnerabilities, including memory corruption bugs in iOS' CoreGraphics that helps render 2D graphics across those OSes, according to Apple's advisory.

He also found memory corruption issues in iOS’ CoreGraphics, which helps render 2D graphics across those OSes. Another serious flaws patched by Apple this week resided in FaceTime, permitting anyone on the same network as a user to spy on their conversations. As per Apple’s description, “an attacker in a privileged network position may be able to cause a relayed call to continue transmitting audio while appearing as if the call terminated.” Martin Vigo, a security engineer at Salesforce, uncovered the bug.


Details on all 43 flaws addressed in 9.3.3 can be found on Apple’s advisory. The tech titan also put out advisories for iTunes on Windows, Safari, tvOS, watchOS and OS X El Capitan. 

So users are advised to patch their devices as it would not take enough time for bad actors to take advantage of the vulnerabilities, which are now known.


source: FORBES

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Power Mac Center and Microsoft Philippines Launch Office 2016 for OS and iOS devices

Power Mac Center, the premier Apple partner in the country, together with Microsoft Philippines recently launched Office 365 bundles for the coming holidays. Office 365 allows users to install Office on multiple platforms, including OS and iOS devices to be connected to the service with a single subscription, enabling users to do their best work – anywhere, anytime and with anyone.

“Power Mac Center is truly committed to provide Filipino consumers the complete Apple experience. We are always looking for ways to support their needs, which is why we know that a lot of our loyal patrons have been anticipating the Office 365 for OS and iOS,” said Joey Alvarez, Marketing Director of Power Mac Center. “Aside from familiar apps like Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, Office 365 has a lot of new and improved features like Skype, OneNote and OneDrive, optimized for OS and iOS devices.”


L-R: Jerry Bongco, Director for Consumer Business Division at Microsoft Philippines; Lawrence Sison, CEO of Power Mac Center; Karrie Ilagan, Country General Manager at Microsoft Philippines; and Richard Javier, Retail Sales and Marketing Channels Lead at Microsoft Philippines at the launch of Office 2016 for OS and iOS devices at Power Mac Center Rockwell.

“This partnership is a key milestone for Microsoft Philippines as we make Office 365 available across all platforms in the mobile-first, cloud-first world. Microsoft’s mission is to empower every individual and organization to achieve more – and we’ve taken this to heart by breaking down ‘competitive barriers’ and partnering with Power Mac Center. We want to make Office accessible across all platforms, most especially in a wide range of Apple devices,” said Jerry Bongco, Director for Consumer Business Division at Microsoft Philippines.

A lot to love in the new Office for Mac

The new versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and OneNote provide the best of both worlds for Mac users—the familiar Office experience, paired with the best of Apple devices. Office 365 is also cloud-connected, so users can quickly get to their documents they’ve recently used on other devices and pick up where they left off. Sharing documents have also been made easier as Office 365 offers unparalleled compatibility on computers, tablets, phones, and online. No more sending documents back and forth in email: it’s easy for users to share their work and have others review it, since several people can edit the same document simultaneously.

Office 2016 also includes professionally designed online templates, sharper graphics on Apple’s retina display, and multitouch gestures for navigating between apps. Office 2016 also has a redesigned ribbon menu and improved integration with OneDrive, OneDrive for Business, and SharePoint.


Office wherever, whenever you want it

Office 365 Personal can be installed on two devices (one OS and one iOS device). Office 365 Home can be installed on up to five OS and five iOS devices, while Office 365 University can accommodate two OS or iOS devices.

Apart from being synced across multiple devices, Office 365 provides 1TB OneDrive online storage that can be accessed anytime, anywhere. Office 365 also allows users to stay connected with 60 minutes of free Skype calls per month to landline and mobile phones in more than 60 countries.

Furthermore, subscription to Office 365 assures that one’s version of Office is always up to date. Users don’t have to worry about upgrading again because with Office 365, the latest Office applications, features, and services are always included. Subscribers can also get support right away from Microsoft-trained experts, by phone or chat—at no extra charge.

New and loyal patrons of Power Mac Center stand to benefit from this milestone partnership. Office 365 with Office 2016 is now available at all Power Mac Center branches nationwide. Customers who will purchase any Mac device on cash or installment will get a special offer on the Office 365 Personal. Promo period is from December 1, 2015 to February 29, 2016.

For those who already have Apple devices, Office 365 is available as a standalone product at Power Mac Center as well. Office 365 Personal goes for ₱2,730, Office 365 Home is at ₱3,500, and Office 365 University costs ₱3,360. Meanwhile, Office for Mac Home Student 2016 is priced at ₱7,650 and Office for Mac Home and Business 2016 costs ₱14,500. Office 365 requires 4GB RAM and at least Mac OS X 10.10.

Visit any of Power Mac Center’s 26 stores nationwide to know more about Office 365.

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About Microsoft

Founded in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq “MSFT”) is the worldwide leader in software, services, devices, and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full potential.

Microsoft Philippines, the local subsidiary of Microsoft Corporation, has been constantly bringing innovation and making its technology available to Filipino businesses and individuals since 1995.  As a committed and trusted partner in nation-building, Microsoft Philippines has made it its mission to fuel growth and healthy communities, as well as transform locally-based businesses and empower them to compete in the global economy.



About Power Mac Center

Power Mac Center is a recognized Apple Premium Reseller, Authorized Education Reseller, Apple Authorized Training Center, and Apple Authorized Service Provider in the Philippines. Power Mac Center has become a reliable retail shop and service provider of Apple products to the Filipino consumer.

The company has grown to 26 branches, with stores located in Greenbelt 3, Glorietta 5, The Annex at SM City North EDSA, SM City Fairview, TriNoma, Robinsons Magnolia,  SM Megamall, The Podium, SM Mall of Asia, SM Aura Premier, Festival Supermall, Cash and Carry Mall, Abreeza Mall, SM Lanang Premier, SM City Marikina, Power Plant Mall, SM City BF Parañaque, Harbor Point, SM City Southmall, SM City Pampanga, SM City Bacoor, SM City Lipa, SM City Santa Rosa, SM City Batangas, SM City Dasmariñas and Circuit Makati.



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Additional Info / Proper Terminologies

-       Power Mac Center (not Power Mac or PowerMac)

-       Office 365

-       Office 2016 for OS and iOS devices

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Upgrade to new Windows 10 Machine Microsoft will pay $200 for your old laptop, or $300 if it's a MacBook

Microsoft has launched a promotion called Easy Trade Up , because they want old PC user to switch to new Windows 10 machines. If you buy a qualifying computer from the Microsoft Store for over $599 until October 20th, the company will give you a rebate after you send in your old laptop or all-in-one — you'll get $200 for a Windows computer, and $300 for a MacBook. 

This kind of promotion is a tactic Microsoft uses pretty frequently when it wants to juice sales. Recent years have seen the company offer $200 for iPads traded in against a Surface, $100 for PS3 owners switching to the Xbox One, $650 off a Surface Pro 3 in exchange for a MacBook Air, and $200 gift cards for a traded-in iPhone. 

Your trade-in computer has to be under six years old and in working order with a minimum display size of 11.6 inches. The offer is running in the US, UK, Canada, India, Brazil, France, Germany, and Taiwan.
 

More Info  Visit:
https://easytradeup.com/us/en/pages/tradeup/home

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Parallels Desktop 11 for Mac Launches with Windows 10 Integration

Parallels Desktop 11 for Mac Launches with Windows 10 Integration and OS X El Capitan Readiness, Up to 50 Percent Performance Improvements and Makes Microsoft’s Cortana Available to Mac Users in OS X

New Pro Edition is released to give developers, designers and power users more tools and resources to be productive on a Mac

SINGAPORE - Media OutReach - August 21, 2015 - Parallels® a global leader in cross-platform solutions and creator of industry-leading software for running Windows® applications on a Mac®, today launched Parallels Desktop® 11 for Mac (www.parallels.com/desktop). The release includes a new version of the software for developers, designers and power users, Parallels Desktop for Mac Pro Edition. It also includes Parallels Desktop for Mac Business Edition, previously known as the Enterprise Edition.

 

The new editions of Parallels Desktop for Mac benefit from speed improvements of up to 50 percent, Travel Mode which extends battery life up to 25 percent while on the go, support for Windows 10 along with OS X® El Capitan readiness and a host of other features for both Windows and Mac users.


"Developers, designers and power users are one of the biggest audiences among our millions of Parallels Desktop for Mac customers," said Jack Zubarev, Parallels president. "We've created Parallels Desktop for Mac Pro Edition specifically for them and will continue to quickly innovate to help them stay more productive in their day-to-day work. Seamless experience has been the hallmark of Parallels Desktop since its inception. Today we further our commitment to innovation with Parallels Desktop 11--from Windows 10 and El Capitan integration to making Microsoft's Cortana® available on Mac. We've made it easier than ever for our customers to run Windows on a Mac."


Parallels Desktop 11 empowers Mac users to run Windows 10 and leverage the advantages of Microsoft's intelligent personal assistant, Cortana, when using both Windows and OS X. This is the first time that Parallels Desktop has ever made a Windows feature available for OS X applications. Parallels Desktop 11 also provides experimental support for OS X El Capitan prior to its launch, and will fully support the platform shortly after its release to give users a seamless experience with the latest OSes.


"As Windows 10 and OS X El Capitan enter the market, it is essential for businesses, developers and consumers that need to be productive to use virtualization software to easily run both operating systems, so they can work effectively, regardless of their platform," said Laura DiDio, Strategy Analytics director of research and consulting. "All three Parallels Desktop 11 for Mac editions provide the best tools to address respective customer audiences and deployment scenarios that seamlessly enable people to use the applications they need, regardless of platform."


New Parallels Desktop 11 ease-of-use benefits include improved performance and battery life with the use of Travel Mode, which can easily be activated to optimize performance. When users are on the go and not connected to power, Parallels Desktop Travel Mode will automatically extend battery life by up to 25 percent by temporarily shutting off resources that drain power.


Parallels Desktop 11 for Mac offers tremendous speed performance improvements over the previous version for an even faster work experience, including1:

·         Windows launch and shutdown is up to 50 percent faster

·         File operations inside of Windows are improved by up to 20 percent

·         Virtual machine suspend is up to 20 percent faster

·         Travel Mode can increase battery life up to 25 percent

·         Improved network performance



Parallels Desktop 11 for Mac Pro Edition

Parallels Desktop 11 for Mac Pro Edition (www.parallels.com/desktop) is a new version of the software specifically designed for developers, designers and power users, giving them the powerful tools they need for maximum productivity. The Pro Edition supports integration with popular developer tools including Docker, Visual Studio (plug-in), Chef and Jenkins, Vagrant, Guest OS debugging and network simulation. Parallels Desktop 11 for Mac Pro Edition empowers users to run preview Windows machines and use nested virtualization for both Windows and Linux guests, making it the perfect tool for developers, power users and testers who need a variety of virtual machine environments, including simulation of more complex deployments.



Parallels Desktop for Mac Business Edition

Previously known as Parallels Desktop for Mac Enterprise Edition, Parallels Desktop for Mac Business Edition (www.parallels.com/business) includes all Pro Edition features, offering IT admins the most efficient means to enable their employees with Macs to run Windows applications.



The Business Edition builds upon Parallels Desktop's award-winning solution by adding administrative features that enable IT departments to control and manage end user virtual machines as well as manage and administer licenses via the new Parallels License Management Portal. This exclusive feature provides IT administrators with vital information, such as license expirations, usage statistics, and real-time visibility into licensing activities, to easily manage all of their deployed licenses. Parallels Desktop for Mac Business Edition also supports business cloud services including Box, Dropbox for Business and OneDrive® Business.

Product Features

Parallels Desktop 11 for Mac (www.parallels.com/desktop)

· Always on Cortana enables customers to use Microsoft's virtual assistant with Mac applications, even when Windows 10 is not the forefront application

· Travel Mode extends the battery life by up to 25 percent by temporarily shutting off select resources that drain power

· Quick Look for Windows extends this cool Mac convenience to Windows documents and files

· New Force Touch gesture support enables a quick preview of files with Quick Look or the ability to look up the definition of an unknown word

· Improved Mac Window Controls include a new Coherence mode button

· Most recently used files list now can be viewed on the Mac regardless of where those files are stored: on the Mac, in a virtual machine, in the cloud or on a file server

· New easy printing with all Mac printer options support saves time with an intuitive solution for  OS X users

· "New Item" support for creation of new files in Windows apps including Microsoft Outlook®, Excel® and Word

·  Now users can easily cancel time-consuming virtual machine actions

·  Mac location services are now available to Windows applications

·  Automatic synchronization of the volume setting of a virtual machine with that of the Mac

·  Enhanced file associations with smart notification messaging helps change file association in OS X

·  Improvements in the setup and use of a virtual machine to directly access a Boot Camp® Windows partition--without rebooting

·  One-time opportunity to upgrade to Parallels Desktop 11 for Mac Pro Edition from Parallels Desktop 9 or 10 for $49.99 per year

·  Improved Japanese keyboard--specific to the Japanese language edition only

Parallels Desktop 11 for Mac Pro Edition (www.parallels.com/desktop)

All of the features of Parallels Desktop 11 for Mac, as well as the following new and key features:

·  Integration with key developer tools, such as Docker, Visual Studio (plug-in), Chef and Jenkins

·  Support for Vagrant and other developer tools

·  Additional user profiles for developers, power users and testers for optimal configuration for their particular scenarios

·  Advanced networking tools and configuration for virtual networks to test complex networking scenarios, including the ability to simulate some network instabilities

·  Cloud storage access through Box.net, Dropbox for Business and OneDrive Business, for sharing from Windows to Mac

·  Headless mode for running virtual machines in the background without user interface

·  Ability to create linked clones to conserve disk space and optimize installations

·  Enhanced memory (64 GB RAM) and processing power (16 vCPU) for improved performance

· Nested virtualization for Linux guests

· Modern.IE test environments in the Parallels New Virtual Machine Wizard provide access to free trials of browsers for testing

·  24/7 phone and email support



Parallels Desktop 11 for Mac Business Edition (www.parallels.com/business)

All of the features of the Parallels Desktop 11 for Mac Pro Edition, as well as the following key additions:

·  Centralized administration and management capabilities to keep IT in control of virtual machines

·  Web-based Parallels License Management Portal with a single activation key to eliminate manual management of individual license keys

·  Business-level support, including prioritized 24/7 phone and email support options

·  USB devices policy enforcement for additional security

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New MacBook announced with 12-inch Retina display with only 1 USB port

It weighs just 2 pounds and, at 12 inches, will sit in between Apple's lightest MacBook Air models. It's 24 percent thinner than the 11-inch MacBook Air, measuring 13.1mm in thickness. There's an all-new keyboard, which spans the full width of the new MacBook. The keyboard features a new "butterfly mechanism" for a better, "much more precise" typing experience. The keyboard also has individual LED lighting for each key, helping to make the device that little bit thinner.

 The touchpad has also been overhauled: it no longer clicks. There are four force sensors, one in each corner, and the "click feel" is managed by software.

The new MacBook has a 12-inch screen, which joins Apple's Retina display family with a 2304 x 1440 resolution. Apple says that it consumes 30 percent less power than previous displays.

The MacBook has a new, flatter-style keyboard with a revised mechanism that enables more even key presses, and letting it “be thinner, and more precise in its illumination,” The machine also gets a new Force Touch trackpad has Force Sensors and a Taptic engine. You can click anywhere and get the same feel over the entire surface.

The new MacBook contains 802.11ac and Bluetooth 4.0, which is table stakes these days. But it’s also significant what the machine omits. The new MacBook has that single USB-C port and a headphone jack, but no regular USB (at least while the unit is charging), Thunderbolt, or Ethernet ports.

Check out what is USB type-C :  http://www.blogmytuts.net/2014/08/reversible-usb-type-c-connector.html

The machine gets Energy Star 6.1 and EPEAT Gold certifications. It contains arsenic-free display glass, and it’s Beryllium free for the first time. It’s the world’s most energy-efficient notebook, Apple claims.

Apple also unveiled some minor updates to the existing smaller MacBooks. The MacBook Air now has 5th-generation Broadwell Core i5 and i7 processors, Thunderbolt 2, and 2x faster flash storage. The 13-inch MacBook Pro gets similar upgrades, plus the Force Touch trackpad and another hour of battery life (10 hours). All of the revised existing models ship today.

Two configurations are available: a 1.1GHz dual-core Intel Core M model with 8GB RAM and a 256GB SSD for $1,299, and a 1.2GHz version with a 512GB SSD for $1,599. Both machines will ship April 10th, and you can get one in silver, space gray, or gold.

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