Another lovely, touching ad from Apple for the holiday season.
Lees meerAt only 57, early-onset Alzheimer's disease took him far too soon but he is finally "home for a rest."∞ Read this on The Loop
Lees meerIgnore the (possibly mistranslated) headline, this is an article that, at the very least, reminds us that seniors have different needs, wants, and desires from technology than "young people" do and there is a market for developers to cater to them.∞…
Lees meerThanks to BBEdit for sponsoring The Loop this week. Bare Bones Software, makers of BBEdit, is one of my favorite software companies — in fact, I’ve been using BBEdit for more than 20 years. BBEdit has been updated to version 13, and is available in …
Lees meerDave and I kicked off this week talking about cooking, but moved into how people are using GarageBand on iOS and Mac. We also discussed autocorrect on iOS and whether or not the AirPods Pro leave any room for competition. Brought to you by: Linode…
Lees meerAmber Neely, AppleInsider: On November 17, Apple removed the "Ratings & Reviews" section from all product pages on the Apple website. It is currently unclear what has prompted this decision, nor when Apple will bring back the option to read the …
Lees meer[VIDEO] Came across a video on Twitter, a gif someone made of Steve Jobs talking about asking for help. I did a bit of digging, found that the clip was from a documentary pulled together back in the day by the Santa Clara Valley Historical Associat…
Lees meerReddit: Last week I upgraded my iPhone from the Xs to the 11Pro and the sales person asked me if I wanted AppleCare+, I did and now you have the option of paying for it all up front or paying month to month. I said that I'd likely upgrade my pho…
Lees meer[VIDEO] There have been a lot of reviews of the new 16" MacBook Pro. This review by Dave Lee (embedded in the main Loop post) is a bit different, in my mind the perfect marriage of technical and practical, especially useful if you are looking at upg…
Lees meerSarah Perez, TechCrunch: According to new data from Sensor Tower, the top 1% of publishers globally accounted for a whopping 80% of the total 29.6 billion app downloads in the third quarter of 2019. That means just 20%, or 6 billion, downloads a…
Lees meer[VIDEO] Wow. Just wow. Great watching this take shape. Video embedded in main Loop post. Apple should use this in an iPhone ad.
Lees meerDan Moren, SixColors: On macOS, we’ve long been able to add words to the system’s built-in dictionary, so they don’t come up every time we run check spelling. And: But this ability simply doesn’t exist on iOS. We’re told that if you overri…
Lees meer[VIDEO] Nice set of privacy tips from Rene Ritchie, video embedded in main Loop post. One thing I'd add to tip 8: Consider turning off the ability of the camera app to share your location via the EXIF data stored with each picture. To do this, go t…
Lees meerMark Gurman, Bloomberg: Software chief Craig Federighi and lieutenants including Stacey Lysik announced the changes at a recent internal “kickoff” meeting with the company’s software developers. The new approach calls for Apple's development tea…
Lees meerExplains why Cook engages Trump the way he does.∞ Read this on The Loop
Lees meerThis could be hugely damaging to the film and might kill it altogether.∞ Read this on The Loop
Lees meerFor those of us who don't want to spend the money, your iPhone (all versions) already have a "physical camera button" - the volume control buttons on your iPhone also work as a camera shutter. Watch out for fingers in the way of the lens though.∞ Re…
Lees meerI'm a big fan of AltHistory stuff so I'm enjoying For All Mankind. It helps that it looks great with an interesting storyline and good acting.
Lees meerGuilherme Rambo: Like I mentioned before, the problem began in August. So far I’ve tried every possible private communication channel before deciding to make this story public. It’s worth mentioning that I didn’t get any e-mail or call from Appl…
Lees meer[VIDEO] I don't want to spoil this at all. Just let it unfold. The story starts at 43:53 in. Video embedded in main Loop post. Worth your time. [H/T, Friend of the Loop, Andrew Leavitt]
Lees meerThis is important stuff. If nothing else, when (and preferably before) you make the leap to Catalina, read the "summary recommendations" about a page down. The first two: Before upgrading to Catalina, make one last backup (or two!), then tur…
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