Fantastic! I use Siri all the time, especially to create reminders and add appointments to my calendar. This has long been a missing feature for me.
Mac
Want to cancel your monthly Adobe subscription? Watch out for whopping cancellation fee.
Adobe charging 50% cancellation fee if you leave Creative Cloud program before a year is up. A rude surprise.
A guided tour through the very first Mac OS, System 1.0
A nostalgic look back at the OS that started it all.
Screen sharing from the Messages app
A fantastic feature. Definitely worth knowing about.
Apple offering replacements for faulty MacBook USB-C charge cables
Got a MacBook? Check to see if your cable is eligible for replacement.
My notebook dilemma
Choosing a Mac laptop is no easy task. The simple is gone.
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.
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.
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?
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?
Why iOS is compelling
Fascinating exploration of the idea of moving to iOS full time. Lots to think about here.
Can’t unmount a volume? Here’s how to figure out why.
This is a gem, for when you try to unmount a volume but can’t due to an unknown process or application running on the volume. Even if you’ve not experienced this, worth reading to expand the power user side of your brain.
Truly erasing your Mac’s hard drive
The article walks you through the process. Tuck this one away, pass it along.
The complete, easy guide to backing up your Mac
Macworld’s Christopher Phin walks you through the options. If nothing else, click through to the article and read each section headline, just to get a sense of all the options covered. Good stuff.
Mac Kung Fu: 20 classic Mac tricks that you don’t know
You may be familiar with a handful of these tips. But my bet is that many of these will be new to you. Fantastic post.
Enabling half-star ratings in iTunes
This has been around forever, but someone asked about this yesterday, thought it was worth a mention.
Chris Espinosa tells the story of the first Mac Plus ever sold
Dori Smith used Storify to pull together Chris Espinosa’s tweet storm detailing his experience selling the very first Mac Plus ever sold. Interesting story.
Screenshot shows Facebook building Messenger for Mac
If true, always good to see major Mac projects.
Watch MacHeads documentary free online
MacHeads is a funky look back at the Mac’s passionate following. You longtime Mac users might recognize a lot of the folks in this documentary, including our own Shawn King. This brought back a lot of memories.
Magnetic breakaway USB-C cable for the new MacBook
Good idea. I wonder why Apple didn’t ship something like this.
Nice little collection of Mac shortcuts, tips, and tricks
There’s something in this collection for even the most seasoned Mac power user, a two part series with lots of useful tips and tricks.
What to do if you forget your Mac’s password
A solid walkthrough of your options, worth reading now (while you still know your password), then tucking away for later (when you forget your password).
Google Maps for iOS updated with business hours and gas prices
I’m a fan of any features that improve the usefulness of maps, both from Google and Apple. Their competitive position will push both teams forward.
Why are Apple MacBooks more reliable?
There’s nothing like controlling the design and build of both the hardware and the software from top to bottom. This piece has some interesting conclusions.
The iPad I left behind
Much has been written about the iPad Pro replacing/not replacing your laptop. In this piece, M.G. Siegler walks through his logic in leaving his iPad Pro behind in favor of his MacBook. This mirrors my own feelings exactly.
The MacKeeper data breach
The short version of this: A security researcher claimed to have downloaded sensitive info from 13 million MacKeeper accounts. The sites appear to now be patched. But the story’s legs come, at least in part, because of people’s strong feelings about MacKeeper.
What’s new in iOS 9.2
Juli Clover on what’s new in iOS 9.2, and Kirk McElhearn digs through what changed in Safari when El Capitan shipped (old news, but a good read).
Macs replacing PCs across enterprise at ‘unprecedented rate’, survey claims
Doomed.