Adam Engst: Glenn Fleishman recently had to wipe one of his teenagers’ Macs after a massive Steam game download led to stalled Time Machine snapshots, resulting in a Mac with just 41K free. They tried numerous approaches to clearing space, but nothi…
Lees meerAndrew Abernathy: For those who knew him: @JoelPage passed away last night.For those who didn’t know: he was at @OmniGroup for approaching two decades, starting on the Support team in 2003, later also becoming the longtime PM for OmniGraffle, and a …
Lees meerAdam Tow (Mastodon): Since WWDC 2023, I was telling long-time MsgFiler customers that I would look into what I could do to support the product in this new era of Apple Mail sans plug-ins. Honestly, I was a bit bummed because I didn’t see a viable pa…
Lees meerJoe Rossignol: Walmart today announced that it has started selling the MacBook Air with the M1 chip in the U.S., with pricing set at a very reasonable $699. The laptop can be ordered now on Walmart.com, and it will be available soon at select Walmar…
Lees meerApple: Notarization for iOS apps is a baseline review that applies to all apps, regardless of their distribution channel, focused on platform policies for security and privacy and to maintain device integrity. Through a combination of automated chec…
Lees meerEdovia (Mastodon): We were encouraged to find that approximately 80% of respondents expressed a positive inclination towards adopting Screens 5 as the default [vnc: URL] handler. However, we also acknowledge and respect the opinions of the remaining…
Lees meerScam apps top the search results, but at least Apple is protecting us from links to Spotify’s Web site (MacRumors): Spotify says Apple is stonewalling updates issued in compliance with that very ruling. In an email to the European Commission obtaine…
Lees meerEven_Fan9110: I got C$ 150k drained from my all my accounts right in front of my eyes after I put my seed phrase into this fake app from the apple Apple Store. I can’t believe apple lets apps like this on their App Store. Beware people don’t downloa…
Lees meerWade Tregaskis: Apple’s new linker appears to be much more pedantic than the old one – it warns about a lot of things that the old one didn’t care about. One of these is missing platform load commands: /Users/SadPanda/Documents/vmaf/libvmaf/ld:1:1: …
Lees meerGentlemen Coders: Flexible storage options, camera support, and editing tools unmatched by any app. […] Create smart albums, and organize your Apple Photos library. Nitro reads RAW Power edits. Everything syncs over iCloud! Prefer to manage your fil…
Lees meerJohn Gruber (Mastodon): I downloaded the app and signed up; immediately after confirming your email address, you get sent to a screen in the app where you choose from account tiers to begin a free trial. The lowest tier is $100/month, the highest is…
Lees meerApple: You’ll be asked to disclose whether or not you’re a trader under the European Union’s Digital Services Act (DSA) in order to stay compliant across regions when distributing on the App Store. If you’re distributing content as a trader, the DSA…
Lees meerGoogle: Changes to Search results: We have now implemented more than 20 product changes, including the introduction of dedicated units and chips to help users find comparison sites in areas like flights, hotels and shopping. We have removed some fea…
Lees meerApple: Developers who’ve agreed to the Alternative Terms Addendum for Apps in the EU have new options for their apps in the EU: Alternative app marketplaces. Marketplaces can choose to offer a catalog of apps solely from the developer of the marketp…
Lees meerApple (MacRumors, 9To5Mac, Hacker News, Slashdot): Web Distribution, available with a software update later this spring, will let authorized developers distribute their iOS apps to EU users directly from a website owned by the developer. Apple will …
Lees meerdario (Reddit): It is being reported on Reddit that Downie 4 (a video downloader app developed by Charlie Monroe Software) contains code for a popup that claims to have deleted random files on the computer as a ‘punishment’ for allegedly using a pir…
Lees meerHartley 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 …
Lees meerAfter 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…
Lees meerMicrosoft (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 …
Lees meerMichael 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…
Lees meerErgonis 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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