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Goldman Sachs Releases PDF of Apple Card Customer Agreement with Terms

vrijdag 2 augustus 2019 inThe Mac Observer (Mac algemeen)

Goldman Sachs has released (perhaps inadvertently) the customer agreement that will govern Apple Card, though Apple won’t launch Apple Card until later this month.

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Recovering from Catastrophic Disk Failure

vrijdag 2 augustus 2019 inThe Mac Observer (Mac algemeen)

Dr. Mac’s not having the best summer. Last week he had iPhone woes that took three trips to the Genius Bar to resolve. Then, this week, with the whole iPhone calamity finally behind him, his MacBook Air’s SSD bit the dust..

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Soundcast VG1 Premium Bluetooth Waterproof Speaker: $69.99

vrijdag 2 augustus 2019 inThe Mac Observer (Mac algemeen)

We have a deal on the Soundcast VG1 Premium Bluetooth Waterproof Speaker. As noted in the name, it’s a waterproof Bluetooth speaker, but it also has dual aluminum drivers and a weighted bass radiator. It supports Bluetooth 4.2 and has multiple conne…

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Next Year’s MacBook Pro Line is Going to be Dramatically Better

vrijdag 2 augustus 2019 inThe Mac Observer (Mac algemeen)

Apple’s MacBook Pros have been in a tech rut. That’s going to change in 2020.

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News+: Should Apple Leak the iPhone 11 Design?

vrijdag 2 augustus 2019 inThe Mac Observer (Mac algemeen)

In the latest issue of Macworld, Michael Simon says that Apple should leak the iPhone 11 design like Google did for the Pixel 4. We already know it’s coming in September. And we kind of know what it will look like too. There have already been bounti…

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Apple Sells LEGO Hidden Side Ghost AR Kits

vrijdag 2 augustus 2019 inThe Mac Observer (Mac algemeen)

Apple now sells LEGO Hidden Side augmented reality kits on Apple.com, offering kids a fun way to explore worlds they can build.

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Suspending Siri Grading, MacBook Saga Ends – TMO Daily Observations 2019-08-02

vrijdag 2 augustus 2019 inThe Mac Observer (Mac algemeen)

John Martellaro and Adam Christianson join host Kelly Guimont to talk about Siri’s grading program and the end of John’s MacBook repair saga.

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FTC Scrutinizes Amazon-Apple Deal to Sell iPhones

vrijdag 2 augustus 2019 inThe Mac Observer (Mac algemeen)

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is looking into a deal between Apple and Amazon that brought direct iPhone sales to the latter.

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Apple Music Alternative Playlist Renamed ‘ALT CTRL’

vrijdag 2 augustus 2019 inThe Mac Observer (Mac algemeen)

Apple is slowly rebranding Apple Music, and its latest efforts include renaming the Apple Music alternative playlist to ALT CTRL. The playlist, which features 50 songs, will change every week. Each song is hand selected by a group of curators. The s…

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Germany Orders Google to Stop Human Review of Voice Recordings

vrijdag 2 augustus 2019 inThe Mac Observer (Mac algemeen)

On the same day that Apple pauses Siri grading, a Germany privacy watchdog ordered Google to stop its human review of voice snippets.

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Apple Will Give Customers a Choice About Siri Grading

vrijdag 2 augustus 2019 inThe Mac Observer (Mac algemeen)

Apple is pausing the Siri grading program that sends some Siri queries to its servers for better processing.

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Meet America’s Phone Farmers That Commit Ad Fraud

vrijdag 2 augustus 2019 inThe Mac Observer (Mac algemeen)

People are setting up multiple phones to create a “phone farm” to fake engagement with ads to earn money from certain apps. Vice spoke to several farmers and built their own setup. With a marketing strategy called “incentivized traffic,” app develop…

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What to Know About RTF vs. RTFD Files on a Mac

donderdag 1 augustus 2019 inThe Mac Observer (Mac algemeen)

The Eclectic Light Company writes: Macs and iOS devices have the benefit of not one variety of Rich Text documents, but two: RTF and RTFD. This article explores some of their features and limitations, and considers the problems of working with them …

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A Very Personal MacBook Pro Disaster, Part 4 [Conclusion]

donderdag 1 augustus 2019 inThe Mac Observer (Mac algemeen)

In this part 4, John concludes his saga about a failed 2018 MacBook Pro and its Thunderbolt Dock. It’s been quite an adventure.

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Tool (Finally) Joins Streaming Services

donderdag 1 augustus 2019 inThe Mac Observer (Mac algemeen)

Rock band Tool is making news on several fronts this week. After announcing a new album (their first since 2006), titled Fear Inoculum and out August 30, they also announced their entire back catalog will be available on digital streaming services a…

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Roll a Variety of Dice Right From Your iPhone

donderdag 1 augustus 2019 inThe Mac Observer (Mac algemeen)

Sometimes you want to play a game that involves a die you don’t have, or you might just need to roll a variety of dice in succession like for RPG characters. Enter Dice by PCalc, courtesy of James Thomson. For US $1.99 in the App Store, you can roll…

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Apple Releases macOS Mojave 10.14.6 Supplemental Update for Sleep Issue

donderdag 1 augustus 2019 inThe Mac Observer (Mac algemeen)

This patch was specifically released to fix an issue that prevented some Macs from not waking up sleep.

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Quickly Charge 2 Devices at Once with This 40,000 mAh Power Bank: $29

donderdag 1 augustus 2019 inThe Mac Observer (Mac algemeen)

We have a deal on the ChargeMe Portable High Capacity Dual Input Power Bank, a portable battery with 40,000 mAh capacity. It offers dual inputs (USB C and microUSB) for faster charging, and four standard USB ports for charging your devices. It’s $29…

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StubHub Apple Pay Rolls Out to iOS Browsers

donderdag 1 augustus 2019 inThe Mac Observer (Mac algemeen)

Starting today, StubHub Apple Pay will be available on the web for iOS devices so that fans can buy tickets easily and safely. Fans will begin to see Apple Pay as an available payment option for MLB mobile web transactions on the iPhone this week. F…

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Last Month Google Play Had 205 Malicious Apps With Over 32M Installs

donderdag 1 augustus 2019 inThe Mac Observer (Mac algemeen)

In July alone, Google Play had 205 malicious apps with over 32 million installations, most of them containing hidden ads. The bulk of the suspicious software – 188 to be exact – contained hidden ads, accounting for 19.2 million installs. The rest of…

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Neato Robot Vacuums Can Use Siri Shortcuts

donderdag 1 augustus 2019 inThe Mac Observer (Mac algemeen)

Neato robotic vacuums can use Siri Shortcuts and HomeKit, like starting, pausing, and stopping cleaning later this year. Zone cleaning lets you deploy the vacuum to specific, targeted areas of your house so they get cleaned more readily, and it soun…

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