Spoiler alert: If you haven’t seen Avengers: Infinity War stop reading now. With that out of the way, Reddit is going to experience its biggest forum ban ever on July 9th when the moderators of the thanosdidnothingwrong subreddit randomly ban half t…
Lees meerEarlier this week a report claimed third-party app developers could read messages in your Gmail account without your knowledge. Google now says that’s not true. Sort of.
Lees meerIf you need to restore a file or folder from Time Machine but want to put the recovered item on an external drive, how do you go about it? In today’s Quick Tip, we’ll cover how to do that, so you don’t have to take up more space on your Mac than nec…
Lees meerIn honor of Independence Day—a U.S. holiday—The Mac Observer is taking off Wednesday, July 4th. We will return on Thursday, July 5th, with our usual Apple, Mac, iPad iPhone, and Apple Watch news. TMO’s Daily Observations podcast is taking off the ho…
Lees meerImagine, if you will, a world where businesses could sue you for leaving a negative Yelp review—and that if their lawyers could prove your statement was in some way false and defamatory, could get a court order forcing you and Yelp to remove the rev…
Lees meerApple launched a “Summer Blockbusters” promo for iTunes movies, with 45 blockbusters spanning the past few decades between $7.99 and $9.99.
Lees meerMovies and TV shows purchased on an Apple TV (4K) remain available for streaming, but are not actually stored there. Here’s how to download the actual video file to a Mac.
Lees meerIf you haven’t tried GarageBand, the free audio production software included with every Mac lately, Dr. Mac says there’s never been a better time.
Lees meerApple wrapped up its beta-palooza on Tuesday with macOS Mojave Developer Beta 3. Apple also released new developer betas of iOS 12, watchOS 5, and tvOS 12.
Lees meerPage 2 of Particle Debris points to a nifty article by Dan Moren about how the Apple TV 4K could be improved. These are fairly obvious enhancements, but remain unimplemented. John continues the discussion with a theory about why that’s so.
Lees meeriOS 12 Books is a complete makeover of iBooks, under the new name Apple Books.
Lees meerApple released tvOS 12 Developer Beta 3 for the fourth generation Apple TV and Apple TV 4K on Tuesday.
Lees meerAlong with iOS 12 Developer Beta 3, Apple released watchOS 5 beta 3 for Apple Watch on Tuesday.
Lees meerThousands of iOS and Android apps are leaking data. Over 113 GB of data have been exposed because of 2,271 misconfigured Firebase databases. Firebase is a service that Google offers that contains tools that developers use to create mobile and web ap…
Lees meerApple released iOS 12 Developer Beta 3 for iPhone and iPad on Tuesday, two weeks after Developer Beta 2 rolled out.
Lees meerThe EU is considering a new copyright law, and critics say it could endanger parts of the internet. Everything from memes, music remixes, and even news would be affected. Italy Wikipedia shut down in protest because editors say “Wikipedia itself wou…
Lees meerDeveloper Eyad Murshid created an interesting concept yesterday. It imagines what a Touch Bar on iOS would look like. It’s called AccessoryTouchBar, and I personally like it. Although, having a Touch Bar and the predictive text bar would take up a l…
Lees meerThe Security Code AutoFill feature in iOS 12 could lead to bank fraud, according to one security researcher.
Lees meerJohn Martellaro and Andrew Orr join Jeff Gamet to look at the potential security threats in iOS 12’s Security Code AutoFill, plus they have some thoughts on Samsung smartphones randomly sending out photos.
Lees meerWe have a deal on a Lightning cable built to last. It’s called the Metallic Spring MFi-Certified Lightning cable, and it’s sheathed in a spring metal shell. It supports Quick Charging for iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, and iPhone X, it’s 3-feet long, and …
Lees meerThis is thanks to an update to GarageBand yesterday, allowing students to submit assignments as a GarageBand project.
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