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Feedback Feedback

woensdag 18 september 2024 inMichael Tsai (Column-Blog)

Cesare Forelli: I want to file a constructive Feedback to Apple about the developer experience with the Feedback process itself (very meta, I know), and I need yours! 5 quick & unbiased questions, please 🙏 answer them now. Previously: Mail Extension…

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macOS Firewall Regressions in Sequoia

woensdag 18 september 2024 inMichael Tsai (Column-Blog)

Will Dormann: [Running] nslookup clearly causes a DNS request and a response to go over the wire, but nslookup eventually gives up thinking that no servers could be reached.[…]So if I turn off the macOS firewall, this all works fine. 🤔[…]Problem #1:…

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Apple Drops Lawsuit Against NSO Group

woensdag 18 september 2024 inMichael Tsai (Column-Blog)

Ryan Naraine (via Hacker News): Apple has abruptly withdrawn its lawsuit against NSO Group, citing increased risk that the legal battle might unintentionally reveal sensitive vulnerability data and difficulties in acquiring essential information fro…

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Canva Hikes Prices

woensdag 18 september 2024 inMichael Tsai (Column-Blog)

Denham Sadler (via Hacker News, Slashdot): Canva has announced a tripling of their prices for some of its users as the Australian tech company prepares for a public listing in the US.In the US, some users have had their subscription increase from $1…

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Little Snitch 6 and DNS Encryption

dinsdag 17 september 2024 inMichael Tsai (Column-Blog)

Norbert Heger: Little Snitch 6 offers a new feature: DNS encryption. With DNS encryption enabled, all name lookups are routed through Little Snitch and performed in encrypted form. For this purpose, Little Snitch registers a DNS proxy. macOS then se…

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Does Google Chrome Still Devastate Mac Battery Life?

dinsdag 17 september 2024 inMichael Tsai (Column-Blog)

Matt Birchler (Hacker News): That brings us to the “Chrome devastates your Mac’s battery” claim that is commonly thrown around as fact, although rarely while citing any sources. This is presented as common knowledge. It’s as indisputable as gravity …

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The Accuracy of “Find My” AirPods

dinsdag 17 september 2024 inMichael Tsai (Column-Blog)

Mark Frauenfelder (via Slashdot): A SWAT team terrorized an innocent St. Louis County family last May, all due to a pair of stolen AirPods and questionable police tactics. Brittany Shamily and her family, including a three-month-old baby, were terri…

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Glowtime Ennui

dinsdag 17 september 2024 inMichael Tsai (Column-Blog)

John Gruber (Mastodon, Hacker News): Last week’s “It’s Glowtime” event was very strong for Apple. It might have been the single strongest iPhone event since the introduction of the iPhone X. All three platforms are now in excellent, appealing, and c…

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macOS 15 Sequoia

maandag 16 september 2024 inMichael Tsai (Column-Blog)

Apple (release notes, developer, security, enterprise, full installer, IPSW): macOS Sequoia brings exciting new features, including iPhone Mirroring, which expands Continuity by enabling access to and control of iPhone directly from macOS; big updat…

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macOS 14.7 and macOS 13.7

maandag 16 september 2024 inMichael Tsai (Column-Blog)

Apple (release notes): This document describes the security content of macOS Sonoma 14.7. Apple (release notes): This document describes the security content of macOS Ventura 13.7. Previously: macOS 14.6.1 macOS 13.6.9

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iPadOS 18

maandag 16 september 2024 inMichael Tsai (Column-Blog)

Apple (release notes, security, enterprise, developer): iPadOS 18 makes the iPad experience more versatile and intelligent than ever, and is available today as a free software update. iPadOS 18 brings incredible new features designed for the unique …

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iOS 18

maandag 16 september 2024 inMichael Tsai (Column-Blog)

Apple (release notes, security, enterprise, developer): iOS 18 is now available, bringing iPhone users around the world new ways to personalize their iPhone with deeper customization to the Home Screen and Control Center; the biggest-ever redesign t…

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watchOS 11

maandag 16 september 2024 inMichael Tsai (Column-Blog)

Apple (release notes, security, developer): Apple today released watchOS 11, bringing powerful health and fitness insights, along with even more personalization, intelligence, and ways to stay connected, to the world’s most popular watch. Apple Watc…

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tvOS 18

maandag 16 september 2024 inMichael Tsai (Column-Blog)

Apple (no release notes, security, developer): Today, tvOS 18 introduces intelligent features like InSight, which displays timely information about actors, characters, and music from every live-action Apple TV+ movie and show onscreen in real time. …

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audioOS 18

maandag 16 september 2024 inMichael Tsai (Column-Blog)

Juli Clover: The HomePod Software 18 adds the option to choose a Home Hub rather than having HomeKit select one automatically, a useful feature for people with multiple HomePods and Apple TV models.There is a new SharePlay feature, allowing multiple…

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visionOS 2

maandag 16 september 2024 inMichael Tsai (Column-Blog)

Apple (release notes, security, enterprise, developer): visionOS 2 is available today, bringing new spatial computing experiences to Apple Vision Pro users around the world. Existing photos can now be turned into spatial photos with remarkable depth…

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Alternative Distribution for iPad Apps in EU

vrijdag 13 september 2024 inMichael Tsai (Column-Blog)

Apple (MacRumors): Starting September 16: Users in the EU can download iPadOS apps on the App Store and through alternative distribution. As mentioned in May, if you have entered into the Alternative Terms Addendum for Apps in the EU, iPadOS first a…

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Inferring Typing From Sounds and Eyes

vrijdag 13 september 2024 inMichael Tsai (Column-Blog)

Mark Stockley: The technique, developed at Durham University, the University of Surrey, and Royal Holloway University of London, builds on previous work to produce a more accurate way to guess your password by listening to the sound of you typing it…

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Canceling the Unity Runtime Fee

vrijdag 13 september 2024 inMichael Tsai (Column-Blog)

Matt Bromberg (via Tim Sweeney, Hacker News): We want to deliver value at a fair price in the right way so that you will continue to feel comfortable building your business over the long term with Unity as your partner. And we’re confident that if w…

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StopTheMadness Pro 9

vrijdag 13 september 2024 inMichael Tsai (Column-Blog)

Jeff Johnson: This new feature allows you to run your own custom scripts at any time on any web page. Your scripts can be triggered from the StopTheMadness Pro extension popup window, from a keyboard shortcut, and in macOS Safari from the contextual…

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Xcode 16

donderdag 12 september 2024 inMichael Tsai (Column-Blog)

Apple: Xcode 16 RC includes SDKs for iOS 18, iPadOS 18, tvOS 18, watchOS 11, macOS Sequoia 15, and visionOS 2. The Xcode 16 RC release supports on-device debugging in iOS 12 and later, tvOS 12 and later, watchOS 4 and later, and visionOS. Xcode 16 R…

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