I am interested in some of the technical details behind Apple's private APIs in iOS. I can't seem to find a good writeup on some of these details (beyond how to call the private API functions), though it would be great if someone could …
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Lees meerI am interested in some of the technical details behind Apple's private APIs in iOS. I can't seem to find a good writeup on some of these details (beyond how to call the private API functions), though it would be great if someone could …
Lees meerI tried to customize the ZSH terminal shell (e.g. prompt, auto-completion behavior) by editing the ZSH files, but failed. I have tried both the following, and none worked: Edit ~/.zshrc: When I tried to edit the (blank) file (even unde…
Lees meerTl;dr My 2015 Macbook Pro Retina shuts off without any warning at 75%. According to Coconut Battery Design Capacity: 56.7% Made in 4/13/15 Has lasted 3,268 cycles, and the battery status is apparently 'Fair'. Simplo made my battery. mac…
Lees meerI have many PDF files which contain comments and annotations made with Adobe Acrobat Reader. However, it will take many hours to copy these files with the comment being deleted manually. Does macOS provide commands and tools to remove c…
Lees meerTl;dr My 2015 Macbook Pro Retina shuts off without any warning at 75%. According to Coconut Battery Design Capacity: 56.7% Made in 4/13/15 Has lasted 3,268 cycles, and the battery status is apparently 'Fair'. Simplo made my battery. mac…
Lees meerI'm using an old Apple 30" Cinema Display via a series of dongles: Apple Silicon M1 Mac connecting 30" Apple Cinema Display The native resolution is 2560 x 1600 and works great. It may require to holding Option when clicking "Scaled" …
Lees meerApple’s iOS 15 and iPadOS 15 introduced an all-new feature called Focus. Focus replaces the Do Not Disturb toggle in the Control Center and Settings, and you can use it to filter notifications from your contacts and apps. With just a few steps, you …
Lees meerApple has released iOS 15.0.1 and iPadOS 15.0.1 as the first bug fix update to address some of the issues with iOS/iPadOS 15. Specifically, iOS 15.0.1 update resolves an issue where Apple Watch may not unlock with new iPhone 13 models, where Setting…
Lees meerIt’s been a long time since you could only get an iPhone directly from Apple or from AT&T. Today, it’s offered by all major carriers and big retailers, and many of them want to entice you to buy with them by offering special deals. Of course, you ca…
Lees meerEvery time Apple drops a major new operating system update—whether macOS or iOS—there’s the question of whether or not you should upgrade right away or wait a while. Certainly, there’s a case to be made either way and plenty of variables at play. Wh…
Lees meerEvery major new yearly iOS update comes with a few bugs, despite Apple running a big beta-test program that lasts months and incorporates millions of users. When you’ve got enough hardware in the world, you just can’t catch everything. Some of those…
Lees meerApparently, this is a big week for productivity suites. On Tuesday, Apple unveiled major updates to iWork, and we end the week with a Microsoft announcement for its suite of apps that include Excel, OneNote, PowerPoint, Teams, and Word. On October 5…
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