John Gruber: There are many sites — and the trend seems to be accelerating — that do not use passwords (or passkeys) for signing in. Instead, they only support signing in via expiring “magic links” sent by email (or, sometimes, via text messages). T…
Lees meerPeter Maurer: The volume indicator, on the other hand, is most important to me when there’s currently no sound playing, e.g., because I want to confirm my system is muted (or at least not in “yell loud enough to wake everyone in the house” mode) bef…
Lees meerRob Halliday: It appeared that Backblaze was now just not backing up Dropbox AT ALL, and was discarding (without warning) existing backups of Dropbox folders. I contacted Backlbaze tech support. Janet their ‘AI Agent’ who is “well-trained to answer …
Lees meerI despise this design pattern, because it’s inherently slower than signing in using an email/password combination that was saved to my passwords app (which is Apple Passwords) and autofilled by my web browser. It’s not just a little slower but *a lo…
Lees meerI despise this design pattern, because it’s inherently slower than signing in using an email/password combination that was saved to my passwords app (which is Apple Passwords) and autofilled by my web browser. It’s not just a little slower but *a lo…
Lees meerIf you purchase an Apple gift card for yourself or someone else—and I’m sure that a lot of people are doing that this holiday season—be careful. Paris Buttfield-Addison shared the story on his blog of how he purchased a $500 Apple gift card from a r…
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