Similar Detritus Not Allowed

Daniel Jalkut (tweet): I’ve noticed folks on Twitter and in developer Slack’s coming up with the same problem. I don’t know if something has changed in the code signing toolchain, or we’re just having an unlucky break, but I thought I’d blog about i…

Unified Office App for iPad

Nick Heer: I am finding it difficult to adapt to increasingly unified applications on my Mac and iPad. I am not sure if this is an age and experience thing — I am used to switching between apps with multiple documents or windows open. Aside from web…

Arizona Bill on App Store Payments

Regina Cobb and Leo Biasiucci: The status quo is failing Arizonans, forcing us to pay inflated prices. It’s failing entrepreneurs, who are being forced to jump through hoops simply to get products to their customers. In fact, the only folks who seem…

‘I’m Being Censored, and You Can Read, Hear, and See Me Talk About It in the News, on the Radio, and on TV’

500,000 Lives Lost

★ How ‘Unlock With Apple Watch’ While Wearing a Face Mask Works in iOS 14.5

I don’t generally write about features in beta versions of iOS. In fact, I don’t generally install beta versions of iOS, at least on my main iPhone. But the new “Unlock With Apple Watch” feature, which kicks in when you’re wearing a face mask, was t…

Microsoft Claims Russian SolarWinds Hackers Have Defeated Brooks’s Law

★ How ‘Unlock With Apple Watch’ While Wearing a Face Mask Works in iOS 14.5

I don’t generally write about features in beta versions of iOS. In fact, I don’t generally install beta versions of iOS, at least on my main iPhone. But the new “Unlock With Apple Watch” feature, which kicks in when you’re wearing a face mask, was t…

[Sponsor] Instabug: Application Performance Monitoring Built for Mobile Apps

Epic Counterclaims, Europe, and Valve

Florian Mueller (also: AppleInsider, ArsTechnica, Hacker News): Epic Games just reduced the potential risk it incurs from its antitrust dispute with Apple over its App Store business terms: Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers of the United States District …

Swift Proposal: ConcurrentValue and @concurrent Closures

SE-0302 (forum): This proposal describes an approach to address one of the challenging problems in this space — how to type check value passing between structured concurrency constructs and actors messages. As such, this is a unifying theory that pr…

Chromebooks Outsell Macs

Johanna Romero (via ChrisLTD): Back in November, we reported on how in Q3 of 2020 Chrome OS growth was exploding across the globe. Now, the newest report by Strategy Analytics has shown that this impressive growth has continued throughout Q4, to the…

A Retrospective Look at Mac OS X Snow Leopard

Riccardo Mori: So, I used Snow Leopard on my 2009 MacBook Pro for about three years, and then again on a 2010 Mac mini that a friend gave me to maintain, as a sort of offsite backup. That Mac mini was kept on Mac OS X 10.6.8 for the whole four years…

Google vs. iOS App Privacy Labels

Eric Slivka (tweet): Google today finally updated its YouTube iOS app for the first time in over two months, becoming one of the highest-profile Google apps to see an update since early December when Apple began requiring that developers disclose pr…

★ How ‘Unlock With Apple Watch’ While Wearing a Face Mask Works in iOS 14.5

I don’t generally write about features in beta versions of iOS. In fact, I don’t generally install beta versions of iOS, at least on my main iPhone. But the new “Unlock With Apple Watch” feature, which kicks in when you’re wearing a face mask, was t…

TechFan Podcast 450 – Tesla Australia

Metallica gets a little of what they deserve, Facebook attacks Apple, Australia does not understand the internet, and Tesla has a problem. The post TechFan Podcast 450 – Tesla Australia appeared first on MyMac.com.

GSE351 – Locked Down

Photo by Danielle MacInnes on Unsplash Hacking and scamming incidents are on the rise. It’s a sad fact of pandemic life now, but on The post GSE351 – Locked Down appeared first on MyMac.com.

★ How ‘Unlock With Apple Watch’ While Wearing a Face Mask Works in iOS 14.5

I don’t generally write about features in beta versions of iOS. In fact, I don’t generally install beta versions of iOS, at least on my main iPhone. But the new “Unlock With Apple Watch” feature, which kicks in when you’re wearing a face mask, was t…

★ How ‘Unlock With Apple Watch’ While Wearing a Face Mask Works in iOS 14.5

I don’t generally write about features in beta versions of iOS. In fact, I don’t generally install beta versions of iOS, at least on my main iPhone. But the new “Unlock With Apple Watch” feature, which kicks in when you’re wearing a face mask, was t…

★ How ‘Unlock With Apple Watch’ While Wearing a Face Mask Works in iOS 14.5

I don’t generally write about features in beta versions of iOS. In fact, I don’t generally install beta versions of iOS, at least on my main iPhone. But the new “Unlock With Apple Watch” feature, which kicks in when you’re wearing a face mask, was t…

Review: Anker PowerCore 10000 PD Redux -- USB-C portable charger

Portable chargers with a traditional USB connector are always useful for anyone with an iPhone or iPad. They are useful when you are away from the home or office, especially when traveling. And as many in the country (including me)...