Follow the headline link, type in the name of an artist you love. Music Map offers completion if you are not certain of the spelling. Once you find your artist, click the name and Music Map will build a tag cloud with artists related to your artist…
Lees meerKid Pix originally came out in 1989, a pretty popular alternative to MacPaint. Open the headline link in Safari (works on any device that supports JavaScript) and give it a whirl. This version of Kid Pix is public domain. Here's a link to the sour…
Lees meerBuried at the bottom of the linked J. J. Abrams piece: Bad Robot also exec produced Apple’s Little Voice, which sources tell THR has been canceled after one season. Canceling a show is tough, but a necessary part of growth, a sign of Apple rai…
Lees meerApple: This school year, tens of thousands of students will be able to use mobile student IDs on iPhone and Apple Watch to get around campus and make purchases. For the first time, mobile student IDs can be added to the Wallet app in Canada, sta…
Lees meerRene Ritchie, on Twitter: https://twitter.com/reneritchie/status/1422531729894613017 $149, or $179 with a numeric keypad. Requires "Mac with Apple silicon using macOS 11.4 or later".∞ Read this on The Loop
Lees meerNPR: Angela McNamara's first hint that her Facebook account had been hacked was an early-morning email warning that someone was trying to log into her account. "If this is not you, don't worry, we're keeping your account safe," she recalls …
Lees meerThe new white paper, titled Mac Pro Technology Overview, is chock full of detail, well worth going through if you own, or are considering a Mac Pro. The paper is pretty long (45 pages), so if you are interested in the new AMD modules, open the PDF …
Lees meerIf you like mysteries and have not yet checked out season one of Truth Be Told, do so. It's a great show. If you are a fan of Season One, check out the Season Two trailer, embedded below. First new episode drops August 20th, two weeks from Friday.
Lees meerDeadline: Brendan Fraser (No Sudden Move) has joined the casts of Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon and Max Barbakow’s Brothers. The former title from Apple TV + and Paramount Pictures is a crime drama, based on the bestselling b…
Lees meerLast week, I tweeted an old school iPhone camera tip that prompted some discussion and, for me, led to a rabbit hole deep dive into various camera app settings. More importantly, it led to the video embedded below (thanks and a H/T to Matt Cassinel…
Lees meerI love watching someone who has mastered their craft. In this case, check out Alexandr Misko's take on Careless Whisper, with beautiful finger work, hammering and, above all, those incredibly precise tuning peg changes.
Lees meerParker Ortolani, 9to5Mac: Microsoft’s new cloud PC system, Windows 365, has officially launched for all eligible businesses and enterprises. While it’s not available to consumers yet, we hope to see it in the future. In the meantime, I was able …
Lees meerMichael Steeber, 9to5Mac: Apple has developed a new iPhone display solution for its retail stores that highlights MagSafe wireless charging, eliminates cable clutter, and makes iPhones more approachable to customers. And: Apple’s latest so…
Lees meerHartley Charlton, MacRumors: Apple has leaped from third to first place for profit and from twelfth to sixth place for revenue in the Fortune Global 500 rankings of the world's biggest companies. Some astonishing numbers (as reported by Fortun…
Lees meerAnother great list from Juli Clover, MacRumors. Worth a scan, just to keep up. My favorite bit is "Locate Lost Devices That Have Been Erased".∞ Read this on The Loop
Lees meerJason Snell: I cut the cord this week. After several years of very slowly inching my way toward the precipice, it all happened in a hurry this summer: A discovery that I preferred to watch shows via Apple TV apps, even if they were also ava…
Lees meerJustin O'Bierne: On July 29, 2021, Apple began publicly testing its next expansion area: the Italian Peninsula, including Italy, San Marino, and Vatican City. (Sardinia and Sicily are included; Malta is not.) Interesting to see the animated ma…
Lees meerJosh Centers, TidBITS: For over two decades, “APPLE IS DOOMED” was a common refrain in Internet discussions. Originally, it was meant in a literal sense, but once Apple was well on the road to becoming the tech titan it is today, the saying was …
Lees meerThink about all your Apple devices and the ways they get power. Got a list in your head? OK, read on. Mark Gurman, PowerOn newsletter: Lightning: Apple uses Lightning as the connector for all of its iPhones, the entry-level iPad, the iPad mi…
Lees meerThanks to Bare Bones Software for sponsoring The Loop this week. There's a lot to love about software I've been using for more than 20 years and now BBEdit, the power tool for text, is ready for Big Sur and M1-powered Macs and was just updated to ve…
Lees meerIt was a sad week for the music world as Dusty Hill, bassist for ZZ Top died at 72. Dave and I also discuss some of the changes in iOS 15, specifically with Maps and Siri. And Dave gives us an old school iPhone tip that may help you record video a b…
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