Howard Oakley: Until Ventura 13.2.1, encrypted sparse bundles seem to have worked as advertised. Although Disk Utility has never offered an easy way to change their passwords, that could be accomplished interactively using hdiutil in Terminal. […] W…
Lees meerJoshua Long: A couple months ago, we covered several suspicious apps that were in Apple’s iOS App Store. One mimicked the new “Threads, an Instagram app,” and others were unethical loan apps. At the time we published the article, Apple had removed t…
Lees meerDylan Smith: Molly Holzschlag, whose pioneering work in online design standards led to her being dubbed “the fairy godmother of the web,” has died at age 60.[…]She was a prolific author and regular speaker about the “open web,” advocating for access…
Lees meerJuli Clover (Hacker News): [A] maliciously crafted image could lead to arbitrary code execution, allowing a hacker to gain access to the operating system with a simple picture. […] As reported by Citizen Lab, the vulnerabilities are part of a “BLAST…
Lees meerJuli Clover (release notes, security, full installer, IPSW): macOS Ventura 13.5.2 focuses on minor bug fixes and security improvements, and it does not include any notable new features. See also: Mr. Macintosh and Howard Oakley. Previously: BLASTPAS…
Lees meerJuli Clover (release notes, security): The launch of iOS 16.6.1 comes over a month after the release of iOS 16.6, an update that brought bug fixes. Previously: BLASTPASS macOS 13.5.2 iOS 16.6 and iPadOS 16.6
Lees meerMatt Massicotte: A suite of performance tests for macOS text viewsEvery year, I check in on TextKit 2 to see how things are going. It was introduced in macOS 12, and I found it basically unusable. With macOS 13 it was better, but still rough. So far…
Lees meerTN3155: To test your universal links behavior, paste a link into your Notes app and long-press it (iOS) or control-click it (macOS) to see your options for following the link. If universal links have been configured correctly, the option to open in …
Lees meerMozilla (via Dan Gillmor, Hacker News): Car makers have been bragging about their cars being “computers on wheels” for years to promote their advanced features. However, the conversation about what driving a computer means for its occupants’ privacy…
Lees meerJeff Johnson: To put it simply, if you haven’t visited Twitter in the past 7 days, then Safari will automatically delete your Twitter settings, including your font size, color scheme, and timeline behavior![…]On macOS, enable “Show Develop menu in m…
Lees meerEuropean Commission (Hacker News): The European Commission has today designated, for the first time, six gatekeepers - Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, ByteDance, Meta, Microsoft - under the Digital Markets Act (DMA). In total, 22 core platform services pro…
Lees meerJohn Gruber: Yes, a box cutter/utility knife that costs about $100. […] A few weeks ago, though, my pals at Studio Neat sent me a pre-production Keen. I prefer it to the Palmer in every single regard. First, it’s thinner and smaller, but in no way t…
Lees meerTim Hardwick (Hacker News): Apple is developing a low-cost MacBook series to compete with Chromebook models in the education sector that could be launched as early as the second half of 2024, claims a new report out of Taiwan.According to DigiTimes’…
Lees meerHoward Oakley: APFS major version numbers change with each major version of macOS[…] Changing version numbers thus aren’t any indication of the scope or magnitude of changes made to APFS. As Apple seldom provides any information on changes made to A…
Lees meerJon Sneyers (2016, tweet, Reddit): However, actual image formats tend to have a “header” that contains quite a bit more information. First of all, the first few bytes of any image format contain a fixed identifier that is only there to say “Hey! I’m…
Lees meerBinarynights: We have optimized every aspect of the app to ensure lightning-fast performance. Whether you’re browsing files, transferring data, or managing your storage, you’ll notice a significant improvement in speed. You will experience the bigge…
Lees meerMichael Flarup: The macOS App Icon Book is a beautiful artbook dedicated to preserving the craft of app icon design. It’s a vibrant journey through the art of desktop app iconography for macOS. The book features hundreds of icons created by designer…
Lees meerMario Guzmán: Reminder that Design should be not just about how it looks but also how it works…I was hoping since we can move Widgets onto the desktop that perhaps we’d get more spacing for Notifications but nope… 😒 Mario Guzmán: [Look] at how usefu…
Lees meerAlin Panaitiu (Hacker News): Normally apps crash because of bugs introduced by the developer, but in my experience, there are cases where crashes can be out of the developer’s control. […] After we reach a certain confidence in the app stability, we…
Lees meerBryan Cantrill: Two decades ago today, DTrace integrated into the operating system. Much has changed in the last 20 years -- but one thing has remained true: we ourselves still use it on a daily basis.[…]I reminisced a bit after the 5th anniversary …
Lees meerAndrew Marino (via Dave Mark): The Sony WH-1000XM5 offered the best passive attenuation and very good ANC. The Sonys were an overall good noise canceler, with solid performance in all noise environments. The Apple AirPods Max were a close second and…
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