DropDMG 3.6.7

DropDMG 3.6.7 is a maintenance update to my app for creating and working with Mac disk image files. This version improves the reliability of positioning icons on the mounted .dmg file and includes various documentation and Sonoma updates. Some inter…

audioOS 17.4

Juli Clover (release notes): With HomePod Software 17.4, Siri is able to learn what a user’s preferred media service is, eliminating the need to set a third-party app as the default or include an app name when asking Siri to play content. […] Apple …

tvOS 17.4

Juli Clover (release notes, security): tvOS 17.4 updates are often minor in scale, focusing on bug fixes and other small improvements. We did not find new features during the tvOS 17.4 beta testing process. Previously: tvOS 17.3

★ Apple Reinstates Epic’s Developer Account

If Apple had just let Epic proceed from the start, they’d have looked magnanimous. But as it stands, Apple looks bitter, and from the EC’s perspective, in need of close policing.

★ Apple Terminated Epic’s EU Developer Account

Popcorn-eating-wise, I’m genuinely curious about Apple using a U.S. court decision as grounds for banning Epic’s Swedish subsidiary from holding a developer account.

macOS 14.4

Juli Clover (release notes, security, developer, enterprise, full installer, IPSW): With macOS Sonoma 14.4, Apple is introducing new emoji characters and adding support for reading Podcast Episode text in full with search support. There are new feat…

macOS 13.6.5 and macOS 12.7.4

Apple (full installer): This document describes the security content of macOS Ventura 13.6.5. Apple (full installer): This document describes the security content of macOS Monterey 12.7.4. Previously: macOS 14.4 macOS 13.6.4 and macOS 12.7.3

EagleFiler 1.9.13

EagleFiler 1.9.13 makes lots of improvements to my multipurpose Mac app for organizing files, archiving e-mails and Web pages, writing notes, etc. EagleFiler has long been able to import from Evernote, converting your notes to the standard RTF file …

iOS 17.4 and iPadOS 17.4

Juli Clover (release notes, security, developer): With iOS 17.4, Apple introduces sweeping changes to the way the App Store and apps function in the European Union, paving the way for alternative app marketplaces on iPhone, alternative payment syste…

★ Apple Terminated Epic’s E.U. Developer Account

Popcorn-eating-wise, I’m genuinely curious about Apple using a U.S. court decision as grounds for banning Epic’s Swedish subsidiary from holding a developer account.

Television for Vision Pro

Signal Introduces Usernames

★ Apple Terminated Epic’s E.U. Developer Account

Popcorn-eating-wise, I’m genuinely curious about Apple using a U.S. court decision as grounds for banning Epic’s Swedish subsidiary from holding a developer account.

How iOS Is Determining Eligibility for Alternative App Marketplaces in the European Union

Meta’s Plans for E2EE Messaging Interop for WhatsApp and Messenger

Here’s the New iOS 17.4 Default Browser Nag for iPhone Users in Europe

★ Apple Terminated Epic’s E.U. Developer Account

Popcorn-eating-wise, I’m genuinely curious about Apple using a U.S. court decision as grounds for banning Epic’s Swedish subsidiary from holding a developer account.

★ Apple Terminated Epic’s E.U. Developer Account

Popcorn-eating-wise, I’m genuinely curious about Apple using a U.S. court decision as grounds for banning Epic’s Swedish subsidiary from holding a developer account.

Vision Pro’s Battery Indicator Is Confusing

Larry David Promoting Siri

Apple Terminates Epic Games’ Developer Account Again

Epic Games (Hacker News): We recently announced that Apple approved our Epic Games Sweden AB developer account. We intended to use that account to bring the Epic Games Store and Fortnite to iOS devices in Europe thanks to the Digital Markets Act (DM…