I've been to Disneyland once, many, many years ago. The new Avengers Campus is calling me back. Definitely a bucket list item for me. The new campus opens tomorrow. Here's a link to the official Disney Avengers' site, with interactive map, and sub-…
Lees meerZoe Schiffer, The Verge: Apple employees are being asked to return to the office three days a week starting in early September. Tim Cook sent out an email Wednesday informing staff of the change. And: Cook said that most employees will be …
Lees meerMy buddy Kirk McElhearn sent me this link. First things first, look at the thumbnail for the Mac Programming Books section. One of the first books I ever wrote. Which makes me vintage. Do I get a special badge for that? That aside, there are a ton…
Lees meerReddit: My wallet was a Gucci branded wallet with about $100 in cash in it and a couple of credit cards, along with my license. I also had enough space in it to stick an Airtag in there (there’s a compartment where it fit easily). I’d initially …
Lees meerHartley Charlton, MacRumors: Spotted by developer Javier Lacort, the Apple job listing for a Senior iOS Engineer in Apple Music explicitly mentions "homeOS" on two occasions, alongside Apple's other operating systems including iOS, watchOS, and …
Lees meerCool thread on magnet fishing to recover an iPhone and, as a bonus, a Nintendo Switch. https://twitter.com/frederikRiedel/status/1398772761561083906 There's an emerging hobby called magnet fishing. Yes, it's a real thing. Here's a link to a beginn…
Lees meerVia iMore, the paper is titled: Harming Competition and Consumers under the Guise of Protecting Privacy: An Analysis of Apple’s iOS 14 Policy Updates The paper slams Apple. And includes this bit in a footnote: We gratefully acknowledge sup…
Lees meerJeff Benjamin digs into the new iPad Pro, with discussion of various pain points that may or not be issues for you, but good to know before you buy.
Lees meerThis is a fascinating look back on the history of startup sounds on computers, including Macs. Don't miss that live background. That is one helluva beautiful setting.
Lees meerMichael Potuck, 9to5Mac: After launching in 2015 with free unlimited storage and marketing the service around that key feature, Google Photos has become a popular option even for Apple users. However, that’s changing as the company announced las…
Lees meerNeil Cybart: Last week, Apple quietly unveiled one of the more remarkable pieces of technology that has been developed in the past few years. AssistiveTouch allows one to control an Apple Watch without actually touching the device. Instead, a se…
Lees meerDave and I talk about my recent review of the iPad Pro and how I found using the device while on a 10-day road trip. We also talked about the new Siri remote, which both of us ordered and have been using with our Apple TV. Dave opens up his window a…
Lees meerAs the University of Nevada, Reno resumes in-person classes in Fall 2021, each member of the incoming freshman class will receive iPad Air at no cost. The University is working with Apple to develop a program that will provide a common learning p…
Lees meerRan across this old folklore.org post, thought you might enjoy it. Andy Hertzfeld, member of the original Macintosh team: The Macintosh User Interface wasn't designed all at once; it was actually the result of almost five years of experimentati…
Lees meerSebastiaan de With, Halide blog: Let’s take look at what’s new with the M1 iPad Pro cameras. In taking a quick look at what’s new, we’ll share a discovery: your iPad has a superpower that not even Apple has told you about. Superpower? You have…
Lees meerDaniel Howley, Yahoo Finance: Testifying in game developer Epic’s antitrust suit against Apple, Cook called the notion of putting third-party app stores on the iPhone “an experiment I wouldn’t want to run.” He’s not alone, either. According to N…
Lees meerZoom blog: Attention all iPad Zoomers! You’ve got some great new features coming to the Zoom app on Apple’s latest iPad Pro models, which were announced at Apple’s Spring Loaded event on April 20. Two new features – support for Apple’s Cent…
Lees meerA lot of discussion the past few days about the new Siri Remote and its jog shuttle mechanism. From a post we put up yesterday: Scrubbing has two modes. As Tim points out, scrub left and right on the clickpad works intuitively, scrubbing a paus…
Lees meerWatch the video embedded in this tweet: https://twitter.com/keleftheriou/status/1397288720357679104 I've heard the argument that there are just too many apps in the App Store to police properly. But surely there's some sort of threshold test, perh…
Lees meerThis is one of those non-obvious things that is so well worth knowing. If you've never used your Apple Watch to take a picture, take a few minutes and give it a try. Great little step-by-step how-to, well laid out.∞ Read this on The Loop
Lees meerOf particular interest to me? Jump to about 1:33 and watch them pull apart the new Siri Remote. All you need are a few specialty screwdriver bits and you're off to the races. Most notable to me is how tight the tolerances are. Was hoping to shoehor…
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