Don’t do this.
Apple
My notebook dilemma
Choosing a Mac laptop is no easy task. The simple is gone.
The iPhone reality distortion field
The iPhone is one of the most successful products in history. Hard not to judge the rest of Apple’s products, from now through forever, through that lens.
7 signs that Apple TV is changing television
Fascinating read from Jonny Evans on Apple TV and the evolution of television.
Apple finally fixes broken Twitter links in latest OS X beta
Glad to see this fixed. It’s been an annoyance for far too long.
Deleting individual pictures or videos from the iOS Messages app
If you have some videos in your Messages timeline, this is a nice way to free up space.
Why Apple doesn’t sell televisions
Robert X. Cringely rightly points out that TVs have long been commoditized, focusing instead on where Apple should set their sites to dominate this market. Very interesting read.
Mac apps that use Sparkle updater vulnerable to hijacking attack
From what I’ve read, at the core of this problem is HTTP usage, instead of HTTPS. Sparkle has fixed things on their end, but it will take time for that fix to make its way into new versions of Mac apps.
Apple Music now on Sonos
If you’ve got a Sonos smart speaker system in your house, starting today your system has Apple Music compatibility. Read Federico Viticci’s review.
New bill would kill New York, California encrypted smartphone bans
A new bill trying to stop the madness, introduced by someone with Computer Science and Law degrees.
Norway to force accused criminal to unlock his iPhone with Touch ID
The Norwegian police may have waited just a touch too long to make this decision.
How to connect a classic mechanical keyboard to your iPad
Before you ask yourself why, click through and look at the picture. If that doesn’t awaken the maker in you, this just might not be of interest.
We are hopelessly hooked
Some numbers on device addiction.
New Apple TV beta adds support for text field dictation
Zac Hall, from 9to5Mac, talks through lots of cool new stuff coming with the next release of tvOS.
40+ ways to save storage space on iPhone and iPad
Christian Zibreg, writing for iDownloadBlog, lays out a metric ton of iPhone/iPad storage saving tips.
Apple Watch vs other products
This chart from Wristly shows the relative importance of Apple Watch versus other products, things like your iPhone, iPad, sunglasses, jewelry, etc.
Beatboxing with Siri
[VIDEO] Ask Siri to “beatbox” and you’ll get one answer. But there’s a much more interesting way to get Siri to beatbox.
Jean-Louis Gassée: Surface Pro 4 vs iPad Pro vs retina MacBook
Jean-Louis Gassée, writing for Monday Note, takes us along for the ride as he ambles to his local Microsoft Store to purchase a Surface Pro 4, then compares it to his iPad Pro and MacBook.
Breakdown of iPhone usage
MixPanel lays out the adoption numbers for the various iPhone models. There are still plenty of smaller screen iPhones out there, just ready for upgrades.
The Mac’s worm has turned
Dan Moren, writing for Macworld, on the Mac’s slow and steady growth after all these years. Will iPad knock the Mac out of it’s central position in the Apple ecosystem?
Apple Maps and fantastic 3D Touch shortcuts
Christian Zibreg, writing for iDownloadBlog, pulled together this tutorial that walks you through the various ways you can use 3D Touch with Apple Maps.
Press button on Apple Watch, Tesla opens garage, backs out, by itself
[VIDEO] This is pretty cool. The future, it is here!
Why the iPad fell and one thought on how it will get back up again
Jason Snell gives his theory on why iPad sales have fallen. I give my take on what it will take to get those sales back up on their feet.
What it’s really like working with Steve Jobs
This essay, from Oct 2011, just after Steve died, popped up this morning on Hacker News and I thought it was worth a repost. It’s a terrific read.
Apple Pay and usability syndrome
Do Apple device users use their stuff more than Android users? An interesting argument.
The ticking time bomb of Parse shutting down
What happens to apps that are dependent on Parse when Parse shuts off its service for good? There are a LOT of apps in this category.
Apple ordered to pay $625M in revived VirnetX patent trial
Given that this is a retrial, can Apple appeal this verdict?
Rethinking the value of the iPad Pro and Surface Pro
Tim Bajarin weighs in with his thoughts on using the iPad Pro as his primary computer.
Watching your kid’s screen (from across the house!)
Melissa Holt, writing for the Mac Observer, talks you through the process of remotely monitoring someone’s Mac. Anonymously.
OS X El Capitan and tvOS still a bag of hurt for people with motion sickness and other vestibular disorders
Craig Grannell, writing for Revert to Saved:
I’m starting to feel like Apple has a vendetta against anyone with a vestibular disorder. Since OS X Lion, we’ve increasingly seen aggressive animations added to Apple’s desktop OS that can trigger dizziness, motion sickness, vertigo and related symptoms.
Is there a terminal command that can disable OS X animations?