Despite Apple's best efforts, Mac malware does exist, we describe some cases below. However, before you panic, Mac malware and viruses are very rarely found 'in the wild'. The macOS threat landscape does not see action quite as often as the Windows threat landscape so when we at K7 Labs came across a new macOS ransomware sample in the wild we immediately notified the security community about it. Ransomware is actually pretty rare in the Mac world hence digging deeper into this malware sample was warranted.
Apple is known for their attention to detail and producing stunning user interfaces. Recently I found a nice typography touch in the Mac OS X interface that got me really excited.
I think any designer is familiar with term 'ligatures'. For those who are not, here is the definition from Wikipedia:
In writing and typography a ligature occurs where two or more letter-forms are joined as a single glyph. Ligatures usually replace two sequential characters sharing common components, and are part of a more general class of glyphs called 'contextual forms' where the specific shape of a letter depends on context such as surrounding letters or proximity to the end of a line.
Most popular ligatures are 'ff', 'fi', 'fl', 'ffi', 'ffl' and 'fft'. Here are some examples:
Now, take a look at some elements of Mac OS X UI:
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Yes, they use ligatures system-wide! For me it's an amazing discovery. I think 99.99% of Mac OS X users don't care about such details, but they definitely care about the whole experience. And such small design and typography touches make the whole user experience much better. I want to share with you my favorite quote from Scott Forstall, Apple's vice-president of Platform Experience:
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I actually have a photographer's loupe that I use to look to make sure every pixel is right. We will argue over literally a single pixel.
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