Nilay Patel: The reason Apple calls it “Camera Control” and not just “shutter button” is the capacitive controls on the top, which should ideally let you adjust various settings with a quick swipe. I was really hoping I’d find myself using the capac…
Lees meerHolly Borla (Hacker News, Lobsters): Swift 6 marks the start of the journey to make data-race safety dramatically easier. The usability of data-race safety remains an area of active development, and your feedback will help shape future improvements.…
Lees meerChris Freeland: In a significant step forward for digital preservation, Google Search is now making it easier than ever to access the past. Starting today, users everywhere can view archived versions of webpages directly through Google Search, with …
Lees meerMatt Sephton: Recently at Internet Archive a “glitch” (their choice of word) deleted a great many accounts, including my account that had been at archive.org/details/@gingerbeardman since 2015. Somewhat surprisingly, they are not reaching out to aff…
Lees meerCesare Forelli: I want to file a constructive Feedback to Apple about the developer experience with the Feedback process itself (very meta, I know), and I need yours! 5 quick & unbiased questions, please 🙏 answer them now. Previously: Mail Extension…
Lees meerWill Dormann: [Running] nslookup clearly causes a DNS request and a response to go over the wire, but nslookup eventually gives up thinking that no servers could be reached.[…]So if I turn off the macOS firewall, this all works fine. 🤔[…]Problem #1:…
Lees meerRyan Naraine (via Hacker News): Apple has abruptly withdrawn its lawsuit against NSO Group, citing increased risk that the legal battle might unintentionally reveal sensitive vulnerability data and difficulties in acquiring essential information fro…
Lees meerDenham Sadler (via Hacker News, Slashdot): Canva has announced a tripling of their prices for some of its users as the Australian tech company prepares for a public listing in the US.In the US, some users have had their subscription increase from $1…
Lees meerNorbert Heger: Little Snitch 6 offers a new feature: DNS encryption. With DNS encryption enabled, all name lookups are routed through Little Snitch and performed in encrypted form. For this purpose, Little Snitch registers a DNS proxy. macOS then se…
Lees meerMatt Birchler (Hacker News): That brings us to the “Chrome devastates your Mac’s battery” claim that is commonly thrown around as fact, although rarely while citing any sources. This is presented as common knowledge. It’s as indisputable as gravity …
Lees meerMark Frauenfelder (via Slashdot): A SWAT team terrorized an innocent St. Louis County family last May, all due to a pair of stolen AirPods and questionable police tactics. Brittany Shamily and her family, including a three-month-old baby, were terri…
Lees meerJohn Gruber (Mastodon, Hacker News): Last week’s “It’s Glowtime” event was very strong for Apple. It might have been the single strongest iPhone event since the introduction of the iPhone X. All three platforms are now in excellent, appealing, and c…
Lees meerApple (release notes, developer, security, enterprise, full installer, IPSW): macOS Sequoia brings exciting new features, including iPhone Mirroring, which expands Continuity by enabling access to and control of iPhone directly from macOS; big updat…
Lees meerApple (release notes): This document describes the security content of macOS Sonoma 14.7. Apple (release notes): This document describes the security content of macOS Ventura 13.7. Previously: macOS 14.6.1 macOS 13.6.9
Lees meerApple (release notes, security, enterprise, developer): iPadOS 18 makes the iPad experience more versatile and intelligent than ever, and is available today as a free software update. iPadOS 18 brings incredible new features designed for the unique …
Lees meerApple (release notes, security, enterprise, developer): iOS 18 is now available, bringing iPhone users around the world new ways to personalize their iPhone with deeper customization to the Home Screen and Control Center; the biggest-ever redesign t…
Lees meerApple (release notes, security, developer): Apple today released watchOS 11, bringing powerful health and fitness insights, along with even more personalization, intelligence, and ways to stay connected, to the world’s most popular watch. Apple Watc…
Lees meerApple (no release notes, security, developer): Today, tvOS 18 introduces intelligent features like InSight, which displays timely information about actors, characters, and music from every live-action Apple TV+ movie and show onscreen in real time. …
Lees meerJuli Clover: The HomePod Software 18 adds the option to choose a Home Hub rather than having HomeKit select one automatically, a useful feature for people with multiple HomePods and Apple TV models.There is a new SharePlay feature, allowing multiple…
Lees meerApple (release notes, security, enterprise, developer): visionOS 2 is available today, bringing new spatial computing experiences to Apple Vision Pro users around the world. Existing photos can now be turned into spatial photos with remarkable depth…
Lees meerApple (MacRumors): Starting September 16: Users in the EU can download iPadOS apps on the App Store and through alternative distribution. As mentioned in May, if you have entered into the Alternative Terms Addendum for Apps in the EU, iPadOS first a…
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