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Apple has issued a seventh Release Candidate for both macOS Sonoma 14.8.8 and macOS Sequoia 15.7.8, extending an unusually long pre-release cycle for what appears to be a pair of security-focused maintenance updates. The new candidate builds are 23J620 for Sonoma and 24G824 for Sequoia, and they...

CrossOver 27, announced by CodeWeavers on June 11, 2026, will run on macOS Sonoma or newer and only on Apple Silicon Macs, ending support for Intel-based Macs and removing 32-bit bottle support in the Windows compatibility layer. The change lands just as Apple’s own macOS 27 Golden Gate draws a...

Microsoft engineer Scott Hanselman has turned one of macOS Sonoma’s most convenient desktop tricks into a tiny Windows 11 utility, and the result is more interesting than it sounds. PeekDesktop gives Windows users a way to click empty wallpaper and instantly get the same clear-the-screen...

Apple's latest widget move — an expanded sports widget on macOS that brings iPhone and iPad widgets to the desktop — has reignited a familiar frustration: Windows 11's Widgets Board still feels unfinished, underpopulated, and deprioritized compared with the widget momentum Apple and other...