Triggered by a conflation of recent cloud storage issues, Adam Engst examines the real-world experience surrounding cloud storage and explores a variety of quirks, irritations, and gotchas with Dropbox, Google Drive, iCloud Drive, and OneDrive.
Lees meerBrings a variety of small improvements to the document and information manager. ($99 new, free update, 137 MB, macOS 10.11.5+)
Lees meerUpdates the handling of cloud-synced folders to ensure correct tracking of synced folders. ($34.95 new, free update, 15.7 MB, macOS 10.10+)
Lees meerApple released watchOS 8.4.1 shortly after watchOS 8.4 with no explanation beyond “includes bug fixes for Apple Watch Series 4 and later”
Lees meerAn extensive New York Times investigation has revealed that the FBI bought the controversial Pegasus spyware in 2019 but never used it.Read original article
Lees meerWyze Labs has announced that it has discontinued its first-generation WyzeCam and is advising against using it going forward.Read original article
Lees meerBrings improvements and bug fixes to the calendar and contacts apps from BusyMac. ($49.99 new for each, free updates, various sizes, macOS 10.12+)
Lees meerApple has consolidated advice shared across many of its support documents and user manuals into one relatively concise guide. While welcome, it has room to improve.
Lees meerBrings new and enhanced features and bug fixes to the video conferencing app. (Free, 25.8 MB, macOS 10.9+)
Lees meerAdds support for drag and drop from the Search Results window. ($29.99 new, free update, 20.5 MB, macOS 10.13+)
Lees meerPatches four WebKit-related security vulnerabilities. (Free, various sizes, macOS 10.15+)
Lees meerPatches security vulnerabilities in Big Sur and Catalina. (Free, various sizes, macOS 11 and 10.15)
Lees meerApple had a typical record-breaking quarter, with especially robust growth for the Mac. But iPad and Japanese sales were notably weak, with no satisfactory answers from Apple.
Lees meerApple has updated all of its operating systems with bug fixes and security updates but no new features apart from Siri on the HomePod learning to recognize two new languages.
Lees meerAfter much sleuthing, Adam Engst uncovers why some TidBITS readers experience a situation where an article in a TidBITS issue would be formatted as a column of text a single character wide. The culprit? An ancient email retrieval protocol as impleme…
Lees meerMany Mac user groups have dissolved or are a shadow of their former selves. Not so the Naples MacFriends User Group, which has embraced the Internet and attracted hundreds of members from around the world. Adam Engst shares more on that, plus recomm…
Lees meerAT&T and Verizon have started using C-band wireless spectrum that will speed up their 5G cellular service and make it available to more customers. This important step in 5G’s overall evolution brings AT&T and Verizon more in line with T-Mobile, whic…
Lees meerBrings an updated Export for Web tool and adds the capability to evenly space objects of different sizes. ($39.99 new, free update, 434.5 MB, macOS 10.15+)
Lees meerApple’s Do Not Disturb feature has evolved into the ecosystem-wide Focus, which provides so many options and capabilities that it may be impossible to predict when notifications will work and when they won't. Adam Engst shows you how to use Focus an…
Lees meerSimply Piano gamifies the tedious process of learning to play piano, but is it worth the subscription cost?
Lees meerBrings full support for M1-based Macs to Excel. ($149.99 new for one-time purchase, $99.99/$69.99 annual subscription options, free update, macOS 10.14+)
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