The relatively new Backblaze Restore app makes it much faster and easier to restore backed-up files to your Mac, but if your initial restore fails with a “Permission denied” error, here’s the solution.
Lees meerWhen iOS 18.1 ships later this year, iPhone developers will be able to offer NFC contactless transactions within their apps, enabling in-store payments, car keys, closed-loop transit, corporate badges, student IDs, home keys, hotel keys, merchant lo…
Lees meerBrings new edit options for repeating events and more improvements for the calendar app. ($49.99 new, free update, 65 MB, macOS 10.15+)
Lees meerThis week’s Do You Use It? poll asks owners of Apple silicon Macs how often they use iPhone or iPad apps on their Macs.Read original article
Lees meerFixes a pair of low severity vulnerabilities and provides a few enhancements. ($35.88 annual subscription, free update, 4.8 MB, macOS 10.15+)
Lees meerBrings a variety of additions, improvements, and bug fixes to the Swiss Army knife of graphics programs. ($39.95 new, free update, 262.5 MB, macOS 10.13+)
Lees meermacOS 15 Sequoia displays permissions prompts for apps that require screen recording permissions—more than just screenshot apps—at least once per week and after every restart or logout. Adam Engst explains why this is both unnecessary and counter-pr…
Lees meerApple’s latest updates address a problem that prevented users from turning Advanced Data Protection on or off. What other problems might they fix as well? Read on for details and our installation advice.
Lees meerIt’s possible to write software that can traverse the entire universe of Apple support pages. Wouldn’t it be helpful if there were a tool that would tell you which pages were new or had changed?
Lees meerIn which Adam Engst and Allison Sheridan talk through Adam’s solar inverter connectivity problem as an example of how small assumptions can prevent successful troubleshooting.Read original article
Lees meerApple deprecated Network Utility in macOS 11 Big Sur, but DEVONtechnologies has now released the free Neo Network Utility, a near-clone of Apple’s obsolete utility.
Lees meerPatches security vulnerabilities in Ventura and Monterey. (Free, various sizes, macOS 12+)
Lees meerBrings new edit options for repeating events and more improvements for the calendar app. ($49.99 new, free update, 65 MB, macOS 10.15+)
Lees meerFixes a bug that prevented existing rules and settings from being preserved when upgrading from version 5. ($59 new, free update, 36.4 MB, macOS 14+)
Lees meerImproves discoverability of the New Snippet button. ($40 annual subscription, free update, 29 MB, macOS 11.1+)
Lees meerAdds application scripts for Google Chrome and a new script for adding a Safari tab to the DEVONthink Reading List. ($99 new, free update, 125.9 MB, macOS 11+)
Lees meerWe always cover Apple’s quarterly financial reports, but they’re pretty repetitive. Adam Engst asks if you find them sufficiently relevant or interesting for us to continue.
Lees meerAlthough the iPhone and Wearables segments were down slightly and the Mac up only slightly, Apple posted record third-quarter revenues thanks to yet another strong Services showing and pent-up demand for new iPads.
Lees meerApple has released updates to all its operating systems, saying only that they provide “important bug fixes and security updates” for everything other than macOS 14.6 Sonoma, which enables the M3 model of the 14-inch MacBook Pro to drive two externa…
Lees meerSeemingly as a result of Google’s deal to license Reddit content, Reddit is now blocking crawlers from other search engines, ensuring that new Reddit content can be found only through Google or other search engines that pay Google.Read original arti…
Lees meerFour Rogue Amoeba audio apps add initial compatibility with macOS 15 Sequoia. ($35/64/35/25 new, free update, various sizes, macOS 10.14.4+)
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