Howard Oakley (Hacker News): Disk images have been valuable tools marred by poor performance. In the wrong circumstances, an encrypted sparse image (UDSP) stored on the blazingly fast internal SSD of an Apple silicon Mac may write files no faster th…
Lees meerJohn Brayton: I would not have figured out how to use this tool without help, so I wanted to pass along the correct way to use it. […] On macOS, one sets an alternate icon by drawing it in code using the NSDockTile API. I believe Mac apps have no ac…
Lees meerZac Hall: Spotted by @StellaFudge on X, macOS Tahoe 26 includes a warning message when using Time Machine to back up a Mac to Apple router-connected storage.The next major version of macOS will no longer support AirPort Disk, or other Time Capsule d…
Lees meerPaul Samuels: The problem we have looking at the scope is that the strong reference is in scope until the end of the function, but we have our repeat loop before the end of the function so we will never get to the end. […] You could write a unit to …
Lees meerDan Goodin (Slashdot): The import/export feature, which Apple demonstrated at this week’s Worldwide Developers Conference, will be available in the next major releases of iOS, macOS, iPadOS, and visionOS. It aims to solve one of the biggest shortcom…
Lees meerJeff Johnson: The new setting is enabled by default; I’ve seen this on multiple computers.Automatically create a passkey to sign in faster Allow sites and apps to upgrade existing accounts to use passkeysThis new setting is not actually included on …
Lees meerJuli Clover: With iOS 26, Apple is adding a new AlarmKit framework for developers that offer apps with alarm clocks and timers. AlarmKit provides system-level access to alarm functionality, which was previously reserved only for Apple’s Clock app.De…
Lees meerJohn Voorhees (Mastodon): I’m not a developer, so I’m not going to review Swift Assist (a name that is conspicuously absent from Apple’s developer tool press release, by the way), but the changes are so substantial that the feature I was shown this …
Lees meerSwiftData: Dive into inheritance and schema migration: Discover how to use class inheritance to model your data. Learn how to optimize queries and seamlessly migrate your app’s data to use inheritance. Explore subclassing for building model graphs, …
Lees meerJuli Clover: Spotlight got a major overhaul, and you can now use it to do just about anything on your Mac. It supports actions, so you can send emails and messages without ever opening up an app. Spotlight also incorporates a list of all of your app…
Lees meerTim Hardwick: In System Settings ➝ Appearance, there are still the standard Auto, Light, and Dark modes, but Apple has added several options that allow you to really mix things up and create your own stylized desktop environment.[…]Meanwhile, a new …
Lees meerPeter Steinberger (Mastodon): SwiftUI provides SettingsLink for opening settings[…] Simple, right? Except it doesn’t work reliably in MenuBarExtra. The documentation doesn’t mention this limitation.[…]The root issue is that NSApplication treats menu…
Lees meerWhat’s new in SwiftUI: Learn what’s new in SwiftUI to build great apps for any Apple platform. We’ll explore how to give your app a brand new look and feel with Liquid Glass. Discover how to boost performance with framework enhancements and new inst…
Lees meerPeter Steinberger: Remember when SwiftUI came out and we all marveled at how views automatically updated when @Published properties changed? Well, Apple has been quietly working on bringing that same magic to UIKit and AppKit. The best part? It ship…
Lees meerJim Bankoski (2022): Helping the web to evolve is challenging, and it requires us to make difficult choices. We’ve also heard from our browser and device partners that every additional format adds costs (monetary or hardware), and we’re very much aw…
Lees meerMysk: We’re super excited to finally launch Psylo, a new kind of private web browser for iOS and iPadOS. In Psylo, each tab is its own silo with isolated storage, cookies, and even its own IP address. Psylo introduces advanced anti-tracking and anti…
Lees meerSergey Mostsevenko (via Hacker News): Apple introduced advanced fingerprinting protection in Safari 17. Advanced fingerprinting protection aims to reduce fingerprinting accuracy by limiting available information or adding randomness.By default, the …
Lees meerApple (MacRumors, 9to5Mac, Hacker News, Slashdot): Apple is opening up access for any app to tap directly into the on-device foundation model at the core of Apple Intelligence. With the Foundation Models framework, app developers will be able to bui…
Lees meerGeneral: Keynote / Sessions / Videos / YouTube Unofficial WWDC App / Script to Title Videos in EagleFiler Beta OS Downloads / Xcode Beta macOS 26 Installers / IPSW / Create Install Disk With DropDMG Sample Code What’s New: Documentation Updates (App…
Lees meerWWDC 2025: Platforms State of the Union: Discover the newest advancements on Apple platforms. Apple: Xcode 26 is packed with intelligence features and experiences to help developers make their ideas a reality. Developers can connect large language m…
Lees meerMishal Shah (Reddit): Over the past few months, the website workgroup has been redesigning Swift.org. On behalf of the website workgroup, I’m pleased to announce that we have merged the initial changes. Our goal with the site redesign has been to ma…
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