audioOS 26.4

Juli Clover (release notes): According to Apple’s release notes, HomePod Software 26.4 includes performance and stability improvements. Previously: audioOS 26.3

Claude Can Now Take Control of Your Mac

Claude Can Now Take Control of Your Mac

WSJ: ‘OpenAI Plans Launch of Desktop “Superapp”’

★ What to Do About Those Menu Item Icons in MacOS 26 Tahoe

If this worked to hide *all* of these cursed little turds smeared across the menu bar items of Apple’s system apps in Tahoe, this hidden preference would be a proverbial pitcher of ice water in hell. As it stands, alas, it’s more like half a glass o…

OpenAI Is Closing Sora

iOS 26.4

Following Google’s Lead With Pixel Phones, Samsung Announces AirDrop Support With Galaxy S26 Phones

★ What to Do About Those Menu Item Icons in MacOS 26 Tahoe

If this worked to hide *all* of these cursed little turds smeared across the menu bar items of Apple’s system apps in Tahoe, this hidden preference would be a proverbial pitcher of ice water in hell. As it stands, alas, it’s more like half a glass o…

Lightroom End Marks

Marcin Wichary: The search for the strangest Adobe setting continues in Lightroom, where the first option in the Interface section is… end marks[…] Presently, only one option is there… …but at least back in 2012 there were many more. What does it do…

Background Garmin iPhone Syncing in EU

Sunil Bhatt: Thanks to the European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA), Garmin watches in the EU can now sync steps, sleep, and heart rate data automatically, even when the Garmin Connect app is closed. This removes a long-standing limitation that pr…

AppGrid Updates Blocked From App Store

Attila Miklosi: Apple replaced Launchpad with a new “Apps” view — a hybrid of Spotlight search and a scrolling list of your installed applications. You can access it from the Dock or via keyboard shortcut, but it behaves very differently from the ol…

Following Google’s Lead With Pixel Phones, Samsung Announces AirDrop Support With Galaxy S26 Phones

★ What to Do About Those Menu Item Icons in MacOS 26 Tahoe

If this worked to hide *all* of these cursed little turds smeared across the menu bar items of Apple’s system apps in Tahoe, this hidden preference would be a proverbial pitcher of ice water in hell. As it stands, alas, it’s more like half a glass o…

★ What to Do About Those Menu Item Icons in MacOS 26 Tahoe

If this worked to hide *all* of these cursed little turds smeared across the menu bar items of Apple’s system apps in Tahoe, this hidden preference would be a proverbial pitcher of ice water in hell. As it stands, alas, it’s more like half a glass o…

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WWDC 2026: June 8–12

Liquid Glass Is Permanent

Danny Bolella (Reddit): If you read the comments on my articles or browse the iOS subreddits, there is a vocal contingent of developers betting that Apple is going to roll back Liquid Glass. […] I shared this exact sentiment with the Apple team. The…

Disk Image Performance With macOS 26.3.1

Howard Oakley: This table summarises read and write performance of the most popular types of disk image prior to macOS Tahoe, and demonstrates how sparse bundles have consistently performed best and most consistently, and sparse images (now dropped …

Provisioning Profiles in Mac VMs

Quinn: There may be other outstanding issues, but you can now: On a macOS 15 or later host, install macOS 15 or later in a VM.On the guest, log in using an Apple Account in System Settings.And install Xcode.And add your Apple Account to Xcode.And th…

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