Apple Reneged on OCSP Privacy

Jeffrey Paul: In the current version of macOS, Monterey, on every system update on a system containing an M1 chip, such as all the new shiny/fast ARM (“Apple Silicon”) macs, the update process phones home to Apple to obtain a special boot signature,…

‘The World’s Most Satisfying Checkbox’

There’s a Privacy Angle on Apple’s Decision to Finance Apple Pay Later on Its Own

On Stage Manager Requiring an M1 iPad

On Stage Manager Requiring an M1 iPad

There’s a Privacy Angle on Apple’s Decision to Finance Apple Pay Later on Its Own

MacOS 12.4’s Redesigned Input Source Menu Removed the Flag Icons

Clarus Returns

Transferring Apps That Use iCloud

Apple: Apps that use iCloud can now be transferred to another developer in the Apple Developer Program. This is huge news. Previously: App Store Small Business Program Now Allows Transfers Apps That Can’t Be Transferred Transferring App Ownership

Stage Manager’s Utility

Steve Troughton-Smith: I do feel Stage Manager has a bit of an identity crisis. Who is it for? The long tail of users? It’s way too confusing and unpredictable, harder than a desktop. And for pro users? It’s far too rigid and opinionated, meddling. …

Stage Manager’s iPad Requirements

Matthew Panzarino (Reddit): This approach to workspace management does appear to be very obviously iPad-centric. But Federighi says that two independent teams at Apple, one working from the iPad side and one working from the macOS side to try to mak…

Best new features in watchOS 9

Apple recently provided a preview of new features that are coming in watchOS 9, which I presume will be released this Fall (perhaps along with new models of the Apple Watch). The update will work on the Apple Watch Series...

2022 Apple Design Awards

The Yankees Figure Out a Pitcher Is Tipping His Pitches — a Breakdown

Clarus Returns

WhatsApp Enables Migration Feature for Android-to-iPhone Switchers

MacOS 12.4’s Redesigned Input Source Menu Removed the Flag Icons

MacOS 12.4’s Redesigned Input Source Menu Removed the Flag Icons

ACM Makes Research Articles Freely Available

Association for Computing Machinery (not the other ACM, via Hacker News): ACM has opened the articles published during the first 50 years of its publishing program. These articles, published between 1951 and the end of 2000, are now open and freely …

Clarus Is Back in Ventura

Shadowfacts (Hacker News): Did you know that with macOS Ventura, Clarus the Dogcow has at long last returned home? Recently, while doing something else, I accidentally hit Cmd+Shift+P which opened the Page Setup dialog. I was greeted, surprisingly, …

Firefox Total Cookie Protection

Mozilla (Hacker News, MacRumors): Starting today, Firefox is rolling out Total Cookie Protection by default to all Firefox users worldwide, making Firefox the most private and secure major browser available across Windows, Mac and Linux. Total Cooki…