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iPod Socks vs. iPhone Pocket

iPhone Pocket

Patrick George Thinks CarPlay’s Days Are Numbered; I Doubt It

Xcode 26.1.1

Apple (xip, downloads): Xcode 26.1.1 includes Swift 6.2.1 and SDKs for iOS 26.1, iPadOS 26.1, tvOS 26.1, macOS 26.1, and visionOS 26.1. Xcode 26.1.1 supports on-device debugging in iOS 15 and later, tvOS 15 and later, watchOS 8 and later, and vision…

DropDMG 3.7.1

DropDMG 3.7.1 is a maintenance update of my app for disk images and archives. I continue to run into AppleScript problems with Tahoe. This script: tell application "Finder" tell window 1 set statusbar visible to true end tell end tell no longer does…

Abstract App Icons Within Icons

Matthew Cassinelli: The App Store icon is made up of three app icons supporting each other (like apps on the App Store do). Just like the Shortcuts is two app icons, connected in the middle (like shortcuts connecting your apps together). All these y…

Tahoe’s Terrible Icons

Paul Kafasis: Apple updated their own app icons on Tahoe, for both the squircle shape as well as the new “Liquid Glass” interface. Mostly, these icons seem dumbed-down, with a loss of detail. For example, here’s Safari’s old icon from MacOS 15 (Sequ…

Patrick George Thinks CarPlay’s Days Are Numbered; I Doubt It

★ The Software Update UI for Upgrading to MacOS 26 Tahoe Is Needlessly Confusing

I don’t know what the *i* in the “ⓘ” button is supposed to stand for, but it isn’t *intuitive*.

★ The Software Update UI for Upgrading to MacOS 26 Tahoe Is Needlessly Confusing

Why the Info panel presented by clicking the “(i)” button *next to Sequoia* defaults to installing the upgrade to 26.1 Tahoe, I don’t know. But it sure makes it seem like we need to be more careful than we actually do if we want to stick with MacOS …

★ The Software Update UI for Upgrading to MacOS 26 Tahoe Is Needlessly Confusing

Why the Info panel presented by clicking the “(i)” button *next to Sequoia* defaults to installing the upgrade to 26.1 Tahoe, I don’t know. But it sure makes it seem like we need to be more careful than we actually do if we want to stick with MacOS …

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★ The Software Update UI for Upgrading to MacOS 26 Tahoe Is Needlessly Confusing

Why the Info panel presented by clicking the “(i)” button *next to Sequoia* defaults to installing the upgrade to 26.1 Tahoe, I don’t know. But it sure makes it seem like we need to be more careful than we actually do if we want to stick with MacOS …

Five Years of Apple Silicon Macs

‘Under the Radar’ Now Over

Apple Removes Gay Dating Apps From Chinese App Store

Zeyi Yang and Louise Matsakis (Bluesky): Apple has removed two of the most popular gay dating apps in China from the App Store after receiving an order from China’s main internet regulator and censorship authority, WIRED has learned. The move comes …

FSF EU Notarization Complaint

Free Software Foundation Europe (via Hacker News): The EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) aims for a structural reset of power in digital markets, a shift from corporate control toward device neutrality, where users decide what runs on their devices. Fo…

Thanks for Under the Radar

Under the Radar: In our final episode, we reflect on how indie app development has changed over the past decade. Marco Arment: We’re incredibly proud of our ten-year catalog of 30-minute discussions on development, marketing, monetization, work/life…

NetNewsWire 6.2

Brent Simmons (release notes): Long-time Mac users will understand when we say that this is a Snow Leopard release — it fixes a bunch of bugs, makes some things faster, and adds only a couple features. […] Note also that it doesn’t adopt Liquid Glas…

[Sponsor] SaneBox: because your life is busy

I enjoy practicing law, but like many professions, it can consume as much time as you allow. For example, this past Saturday, I worked on an appellate brief to avoid the Monday–Friday distractions of meetings, calls, and emails. I am proud of how th…