Apple’s Workaround for the ITC’s Import Ban on Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2: Disabling the Blood-Oxygen Sensor in Software

Essential Apple Podcast 284: Visions of Angels (Landing)

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Apple’s Workaround for the ITC’s Import Ban on Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2: Disabling the Blood-Oxygen Sensor in Software

Post-SCOTUS Ruling, Apple Releases Guidelines for ‘External Purchase Links’ in iOS Apps (Spoiler: They Still Demand the Same Commissions)

Disney Has a Good Disney+ App for VisionOS (and, by the Way, I Got Another 30-Minute Hands-On Experience With Vision Pro)

Apple Teases New Entertainment Experiences Launching With Vision Pro

Disney Has a Good Disney+ App for VisionOS

Bluesky Adds RSS

Open RSS (via Hacker News): The link to a user’s RSS feed is quite lengthy, making it not so easy to remember, and you can’t really tell which user’s profile an RSS feed is for just by looking at it.[…]So if a user has their posts set to be visible …

Resolving Trusted Execution Problems

Quinn: If you’re developing software for macOS your goal is to avoid trusted execution entanglements. You want users to install and use your product without taking any special steps. If, for example, you ship an app that’s blocked by Gatekeeper, you…

Tim Sweeney on the SCOTUS Ruling

Tim Sweeney on the SCOTUS Rulling

Supreme Court Rejects Petitions in Epic v. Apple Antitrust Case, Largely a Win for Apple

Apple teases New Entertainment Experiences Launching With Vision Pro

★ Al Gore, Mac Nerd and Internet Pioneer

In 2003 there was one person in the world who could be described as a former vice president of the United States and avid Mac user.

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Hands-On at CES With the Clicks Keyboard Case for iPhone 15 Pro

Meetup and IAC Apps Acquired

Luca Ferrari (Hacker News): Bending Spoons entered into an agreement to become the new owner of Meetup, subject to closing conditions. The acquisition is expected to close later in January.products. Meetup has a powerful global brand, a large, vibra…

Unity Store Bans VLC

Martin Finkel (via Hacker News): After months of slow back-and-forth over email trying to find a compromise, including offering to exclude LGPL code from the assets, Unity basically told us we were not welcome back to their Store, ever. Even if we w…

Are There Any Tetris Games for Mac?

John Gruber: Not much has changed from 2018. There is an officially licensed game in the Mac App Store now: Tetris Beat. It’s part of Apple Arcade, so most of you can probably download it and play it. It’s not just plain Tetris — and whatever it is …

Easier Wallet Pass Sharing in iOS 17.2

Joe Rossignol: Starting with the upcoming iOS 17.2 software update, there is a new NameDrop-like feature that allows an iPhone user to quickly share boarding passes, movie tickets, and other Wallet app passes with another iPhone user.To use the feat…

The Timer in watchOS 10

Craig Hockenberry: The addition of Recents made getting to the 1/3/5/10/15/30 settings more challenging because scrolling with your nose is significantly more difficult. Thankfully, once you positioned the magic grid on the device, going into and ou…