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An official version of After Dark was released for Mac OS X running on PowerPC by Infinisys Ltd of Japan in May 2003. For Intel Macs, three of the most popular modules—Flying Toasters, Mowing Man and Boris—are being sold as standalone screensavers. Sierra released a Flying Toaster video game for cell phones in 2006. After Dark Games. Mac for the Blind is proud to announce the continuation of the Mac for the Blind Online Courses! The planned courses will run through the Winter and early spring of 2021. New iPad Pro models released by Apple with Interesting features and Updates to the Mac Book Air and Mac mini Models as well.

1. To fly an airplane in extremely low visibility, relying on the plane's instruments instead. The huge plume of ash sent into the air by the volcano forced the pilots to fly blind.
2. By extension, to do something based on guesswork, intuition, or without any help or instructions. Since this is our first attempt at developing an app, we'll be flying blind as we figure out how to get things working correctly.I've never filed my own taxes before, so I'm sort of flying blind.
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flying blind

Proceeding by guesswork, groping one’s way. The term originated during World War I and alluded to poor visibility. Later it was extended to other enterprises, as in, “My predecessor quit without leaving any instructions, so for this first department meeting I’m flying blind.” See also by the seat of one's pants.
The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer Copyright © 2013 by Christine Ammer

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Flying Blind Mac OS

Hot on the heels of other recent Apple operating system updates (see “watchOS 7.3, iOS 14.4, iPadOS 14.4, and tvOS 14.4 Address Serious Security Exploit,” 26 January 2021), Apple has released macOS 11.2 Big Sur to improve Bluetooth reliability and fix bugs that could:

  • Cause external displays to show a black screen when connected to an M1-based Mac mini with an HDMI to DVI converter
  • Prevent edits to Apple ProRAW photos from saving in Photos
  • Inadvertently turn off iCloud Drive entirely after the user disabled iCloud Drive Desktop & Documents syncing
  • Prevent System Preferences from unlocking after entering an administrator password
  • Make the Globe key fail to show the Emoji & Symbols pane

If those bugs don’t seem earth-shattering, that’s because the focus of the macOS 11.2 update seems to have been on security, with 43 security fixes. Two of the vulnerabilities—the same ones addressed in last week’s updates to Apple’s other operating systems—may have been actively exploited in the wild. However, no mention was made of a recent vulnerability discovered in the sudo Unix utility.

The macOS 11.2 update advertises itself as being a 3.25 GB download on both an Intel-based iMac and an M1-based MacBook Air, although the latter Mac’s download window inexplicably reports 4.18 GB instead. You can only install the update using Software Update; Apple appears to have stopped releasing standalone downloads for Big Sur updates.

Given the severity of the exploited security vulnerabilities, we recommend installing macOS 11.2 soon if you’re already running macOS 11.1. Wait a few days to make sure the community doesn’t find unanticipated problems, and then update.

However, for those who haven’t yet updated from a previous version of macOS, we recommend waiting a few more weeks to determine if macOS 11.2 will give fence-sitters sufficient confidence to make the jump to Big Sur.