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Most Subscriptions Apps Do Not Make Money

woensdag 13 maart 2024 inMichael Tsai (Column-Blog)

Hartley Charlton (Mastodon): The “State of Subscription Apps” report comes from RevenueCat (via TechCrunch), a prominent mobile subscription toolkit provider. With nearly 30,000 apps utilizing its platform for monetization management, RevenueCat is …

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Mac Stuck in Recovery After Login

dinsdag 12 maart 2024 inMichael Tsai (Column-Blog)

After writing on my report card that all my Apple hardware was working reliably, I’ve now started having what may be hardware trouble with my 2019 Intel MacBook Pro. Sometimes, whether I’m using it or it’s just sitting there, it will let out the sne…

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Microsoft Ending Windows Subsystem for Android

dinsdag 12 maart 2024 inMichael Tsai (Column-Blog)

Microsoft (via Hacker News, 9to5Mac): Microsoft is ending support for the Windows Subsystem for Android™️ (WSA). As a result, the Amazon Appstore on Windows and all applications and games dependent on WSA will no longer be supported beginning March …

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Features Lost Across Versions of macOS

dinsdag 12 maart 2024 inMichael Tsai (Column-Blog)

Michael Schmitt: Article Do You Use It? How TidBITS Readers Install macOS Updates - TidBITS says that “Some people even wait until Apple announces or even releases the next macOS version, under the theory that it somehow isn’t fully baked until then…

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PopChar 10

maandag 11 maart 2024 inMichael Tsai (Column-Blog)

Ergonis Software: An improved user interface that balances classic functionality with modern aesthetics Enhanced magnifier providing improved information and shortcuts for characters, making inspection and insertion of special characters more intuit…

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How AirPort Changed Everything

maandag 11 maart 2024 inMichael Tsai (Column-Blog)

The Serial Port (via David Kopec): “No wires.” This simple phrase from Steve Jobs during Apple Airport’s debut in 1999 contained more than a decade of history behind it. Follow along as we chart the perilous and unbelievable journey of wireless netw…

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Amazon Buy Box May Not Offer the Best Deal

maandag 11 maart 2024 inMichael Tsai (Column-Blog)

Ashley Belanger (via Slashdot): Amazon rigged its platform to “routinely” push an overwhelming majority of customers to pay more for items that could’ve been purchased at lower costs with equal or faster delivery times, a class-action lawsuit has al…

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Mac Dialog in Auto Layout vs. SwiftUI

maandag 11 maart 2024 inMichael Tsai (Column-Blog)

Christian Tietze (Mastodon): On Mastodon, we had a discussion about whether you are more or less productive with SwiftUI or UIKit/AppKit. Der Teilweise (@[email protected]) chimed in with an actual, measurable benchmark: a flexible-width window…

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App Marketplaces Will Stop Working If You Travel Outside the EU

vrijdag 8 maart 2024 inMichael Tsai (Column-Blog)

Benjamin Mayo (AppleInsider, MacRumors): iOS 17.4 in the European Union brings Apple’s first operating system release that complies with the regulatory framework of the Digital Markets Act. This includes support for alternative app stores — or as Ap…

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Apple Tweaks New EU App Store Business Terms

vrijdag 8 maart 2024 inMichael Tsai (Column-Blog)

Apple (MacRumors): To make it easier for more developers to sign up for the new terms, we’ve removed the corporate entity requirement that the Addendum must be signed by each membership that controls, is controlled by, or is under control with anoth…

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DropDMG 3.6.7

vrijdag 8 maart 2024 inMichael Tsai (Column-Blog)

DropDMG 3.6.7 is a maintenance update to my app for creating and working with Mac disk image files. This version improves the reliability of positioning icons on the mounted .dmg file and includes various documentation and Sonoma updates. Some inter…

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audioOS 17.4

vrijdag 8 maart 2024 inMichael Tsai (Column-Blog)

Juli Clover (release notes): With HomePod Software 17.4, Siri is able to learn what a user’s preferred media service is, eliminating the need to set a third-party app as the default or include an app name when asking Siri to play content. […] Apple …

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tvOS 17.4

vrijdag 8 maart 2024 inMichael Tsai (Column-Blog)

Juli Clover (release notes, security): tvOS 17.4 updates are often minor in scale, focusing on bug fixes and other small improvements. We did not find new features during the tvOS 17.4 beta testing process. Previously: tvOS 17.3

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macOS 14.4

donderdag 7 maart 2024 inMichael Tsai (Column-Blog)

Juli Clover (release notes, security, developer, enterprise, full installer, IPSW): With macOS Sonoma 14.4, Apple is introducing new emoji characters and adding support for reading Podcast Episode text in full with search support. There are new feat…

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macOS 13.6.5 and macOS 12.7.4

donderdag 7 maart 2024 inMichael Tsai (Column-Blog)

Apple (full installer): This document describes the security content of macOS Ventura 13.6.5. Apple (full installer): This document describes the security content of macOS Monterey 12.7.4. Previously: macOS 14.4 macOS 13.6.4 and macOS 12.7.3

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EagleFiler 1.9.13

donderdag 7 maart 2024 inMichael Tsai (Column-Blog)

EagleFiler 1.9.13 makes lots of improvements to my multipurpose Mac app for organizing files, archiving e-mails and Web pages, writing notes, etc. EagleFiler has long been able to import from Evernote, converting your notes to the standard RTF file …

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iOS 17.4 and iPadOS 17.4

donderdag 7 maart 2024 inMichael Tsai (Column-Blog)

Juli Clover (release notes, security, developer): With iOS 17.4, Apple introduces sweeping changes to the way the App Store and apps function in the European Union, paving the way for alternative app marketplaces on iPhone, alternative payment syste…

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Apple Terminates Epic Games’ Developer Account Again

woensdag 6 maart 2024 inMichael Tsai (Column-Blog)

Epic Games (Hacker News): We recently announced that Apple approved our Epic Games Sweden AB developer account. We intended to use that account to bring the Epic Games Store and Fortnite to iOS devices in Europe thanks to the Digital Markets Act (DM…

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ToothFairy 2.8.4

woensdag 6 maart 2024 inMichael Tsai (Column-Blog)

ToothFairy 2.8.4 is a maintenance update of my Bluetooth menu bar utility. The focus is on better handling of a variety of edge cases to improve the battery level, sound quality, and connection features. The macOS Bluetooth APIs don’t always correct…

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HP All-In Plan

woensdag 6 maart 2024 inMichael Tsai (Column-Blog)

Scharon Harding: HP launched a subscription service today that rents people a printer, allots them a specific amount of printed pages, and sends them ink for a monthly fee. HP is framing its service as a way to simplify printing for families and sma…

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Swift 5.10

woensdag 6 maart 2024 inMichael Tsai (Column-Blog)

Holly Borla (Mastodon): Swift 5.10 accomplishes full data isolation in the concurrency language model. This important milestone has taken years of active development over many releases. The concurrency model was introduced in Swift 5.5 including asy…

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