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It’s been 12 years since the iPad first arrived, amid hype that it was the next iPhone and pessimism that it would never live up to that hype. After some dramatic early years, the iPad has become a comfortable business that’s raking in about $30 b…

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I am trying to unzip some zip files into a directory and the result of unzip '*.zip' -d directory leaves a lot of the files as gibberish. I would like to have a way to specify the encoding, but am not sure if this is possible. I know t…

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Beta 3 of iOS 15.5, iPadOS 15.5, macOS Monterey 12.4 Released for Testing

Apple has issued the third beta versions of macOS Monterey 12.4, iOS 15.5, iPadOS 15.5, tvOS 15.5, and watchOS 8.6. Additionally, a beta version of the Apple Studio Display firmware has been released, which apparently aims to improve the monitors ca…

Apple is finally fixing the Studio Display’s camera in macOS Monterey 12.4 beta

When Apple released its Studio Display along with the Mac Studio, some reviewers were struck by the display’s built-in 12MP ultra-wide camera and how its image quality wasn’t up to par with that of the devices like the iPad Pro, which has the same…

Apple’s first iOS game may fall victim to its own strict App Store updating rules

Late last week a number of developers began receiving letters from Apple warning that their apps had become outdated and were scheduled for removal from the App Store within 30 days. According to the terms of the strict new rules, however, one of …

Apple is finally fixing the Studio Display’s camera in macOS Monterey 12.4

When Apple released its Studio Display along with the Mac Studio, some reviewers were struck by the display’s built-in 12MP ultra-wide camera and how its image quality wasn’t up to par with that of the devices like the iPad Pro, which has the same…

What is the purpose of directory /var/dirs_cleaner?

I'm using a 2020 MacBook Pro on Monterey 12.3.1, and noticed a new directory, var/dirs_cleaner which is empty, has permissions of read and write by the system. I've tried to find out on Google, but no information on this is available. …

Third iOS 15.5 beta lands with minor tweaks, new feature hints

Several weeks after the release of iOS 15.4, Apple has begun beta-testing iOS 15.5 (and associated operating systems like iPadOS, tvOS, and watchOS). With iOS 15.4, Apple released what seemed like all previously-announced features and had nothing …