Howard Oakley: When first introduced in Mac OS X, no provision was made for xattrs to have type-specific preservation, and that was added later using flags suffixed to the xattr’s name. For example, the com.apple.lastuseddate xattr found commonly on…
Lees meerJeff Johnson (Mastodon): “Every instance of UserDefaults shares the contents of the argument and registration domains.” In other words, the result of calling registerDefaults on the object returned by [NSUserDefaults initWithSuiteName:] is the same …
Lees meerAdam Engst: However, getting that playlist working this year proved intensely frustrating. Even though it contains over 300 songs, only a handful played when we asked Siri to shuffle the playlist on the HomePod. It made no sense—I could cause any so…
Lees meerJuli Clover: iOS 26.3 adds a new “Notification Forwarding” setting that allows incoming notifications on an iPhone to be forwarded to a third-party device. The setting is located in the Notification section of the Settings app under a new “Notificat…
Lees meerDanah Boyd (2024): Since the “social media is bad for teens” myth will not die, I keep having intense conversations with colleagues, journalists, and friends over what the research says and what it doesn’t. (Alice Marwick et. al put together a great…
Lees meerNetflix’s “tadum” is so iconic that it’s the name of their company blog. HBO’s static + chanted om is the OG standard-setter. I suspect the new Apple TV fanfare will be seen in that class. The old one was not.
Lees meerAnthony Enzor-Demeo (Hacker News): Today, I step into the role of CEO of Mozilla Corporation. It is a privilege to lead an organization with a long history of standing up for people and building technology that puts them first. […] First: Every prod…
Lees meerCameron Faulkner (Amazon): The 27-inch 60Hz 5K IPS screen delivers 217 pixels per inch (PPI) — just one pixel per inch shy of the pricier options. Who knew that there was a color-accurate, pixel-dense display out there that won’t send creators or th…
Lees meerHonza Dvorsky: Today, we’re pleased to announce the initial release of Swift Configuration: a new library that provides a unified approach to reading configuration in your Swift applications. Configuration management has long been a challenge across…
Lees meerJuli Clover: Google today announced a new cross-platform feature that allows for file sharing between iPhone and Android users. With AirDrop on the iPhone and QuickShare on Pixel 10 devices, there is a new file transfer function available. The file …
Lees meerNetflix’s “tadum” is so iconic that it’s the name of their company blog. HBO’s static + chanted om is the OG standard-setter. I suspect the new Apple TV fanfare will be seen in that class. The old one was not.
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