Apple user anger as Mac apps break due to security certificate lapse
by Alex Hern from Technology | The Guardian on (#TC05)
Digital rights management 'blunder' leads to users having to delete and reinstall every app they bought or downloaded from App Store
Mac users faced trouble with their apps overnight after the security certificate Apple uses to prevent piracy expired late on Wednesday.
Applications downloaded from the Mac App Store were temporarily unavailable from 10pm UK time, when a security certificate expired, five years after its creation, with no replacement immediately available.
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