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RIP iMac Pro, HomePod (#apple #imacpro #homepod)
What does the iMac Pro and the HomePod, two entirely different products, have in common? Itās not the fact that they are no longer being sold. The iMac Pro and the HomePod were created by Apple when they were caught off guard by market trends. In the case of the iMac Pro, Apple tried to answer pro users who were demanding a replacement to the aging trash can Mac Pro. Continue reading ā
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On iCloud Photo Library migration (#keyword)
In a surprising move, Apple starting today allows people to export their iCloud Photo Library to Google Photos. Why not provide a download to a local computer, outside the Photos app. I can see many use cases for doing so: backup purposes or simply to dump photos in a structure of directories for archiving purposes. Continue reading ā
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Bye Bye Weather Line (#weather #weatherapps #iOS #iosdev)
Breaking news from 9To5Mac, but official announcement here: In recent months, we were approached by a buyer. They saw the uniqueness of Weather Line and the strong foundation weāve built. While we arenāt able to provide further details on their future plans for the app, we hope you can understand, and will look forward to it. Iām kind of in shock right now. I recently posted an article about my āgo-toā weather applications. Continue reading ā
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The state of non-optimized apps on my M1-Mac mini (#m1chip #applesilicon #universal)
Here is the current state of yet to be updated apps to fully support Apple Silicon Macs. Itās been close to six months now and yet, those apps arenāt yet universal. Surprising to see things like 1Password 7 still not there yet. Notion, an Electron-based app, not surprising. The Mac client for HEY hasnāt been updated for a while. Many of those apps are subscription-based, a model toward development sustainability. Continue reading ā
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Appleās impressive traction (#apple #ios14 #ipados14)
Two very telling graphs from Appleās development portal: A few takeouts. First, iOS 13 is close to become a bad souvenir. Second, people keeping their iPad longer, it is reflected in the percentage of people still using devices with iPadOS prior to version 13. Continue reading ā
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For those who likes newsletters, I’ve got one too! It’a about Apple, photography, privacy and climate change, in that order! https://numericcitizen.substack.com/p/2021-02
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Happy birthday, Steve. (#apple #stevejobs #remembering)
Steve would have been 66 years old today. Even if I love what Apple has become over the years since he died, I miss him dearly. What a great picture of him. It is nice to see Apple and Tim Cook paying a small tribute each year. Continue reading ā
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Whatās next for the iPad Pro? (#apple #ipadpro)
9to5Mac published a nice comparison between the iPad Air and the 2020 iPad Pro. The latter still hold the crown with its 120Hz ProMotion display and LiDAR. Rumours are pointing to an update for the Pro line in March. The question that comes to my mind is: whatās missing from the iPad Pro, from the hardware point of view? I mean, speed, screen, form factor are just close to āperfectā. Continue reading ā
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Crafting something with Craft (#craft #rumours #apple)
In my quest to better understand the full potential of note taking application Ā«Ā CraftĀ Ā», Iāve come up to something different, a website about Appleās related rumours. You can hit this link to have a look. You can leave comments, no registration required. Enjoy. Continue reading ā
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Welcome back to the Mac computer club @mattbirchler (#apple #macbookair #applesilicon)
As much as you can like to work on the iPad, there are edge cases where the iPad falls short. Since I got an Apple Silicon powered Mac, and thanks to many nifty Mac utilities, I rediscovered what it really means to be productive and efficient on a computer platform. This blog post by Matt Birchler is an example of an edge case being better served by a traditional yet powerful computer. Continue reading ā
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This could be my next... (#iphone #apple #rumors)
As reported by MacRumors, the next major revision of the iPhone looks promising for me: “Weinbach claims that the always-on display will look like a “toned down Lock screen,” where the clock and battery charge are always visible, and past notifications are shown through “a bar and icons.” When users receive a notification, the notification will “pop up normally except that the screen will not entirely light up.” Instead, “it will display it just like you’re used to right now, except dimmed down and only temporarily,” according to the leaker. Continue reading ā
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Two simple yet really useful tricks using HomePod mini (#apple #homepodmini #ios144)
Here are two simple but very useful tricks using an iPhone with a U1 chip, iOS 14.4 and an HomePod mini. Trick #1: set a timer with Siri on your HomePod mini to, letās say, 10 minutes. Then, bring your iPhone close to the HomePod mini, the iPhone will show how much time is left on the timer (make sure the iPhone screen is on). Trick #2: letās say music is playing on your HomePod mini, and that you want to, silently, see whatās playing. Continue reading ā
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Who remember Motorola 68000 Assembly? I do. (#apple #history #macintosh)
I dug out my ancient Inside Macintosh reference books from storage. Remember when Appleās developer documentation came as paper books? Volumes I-III on the original Mac APIs, IV on Mac Plus, V on color Macs, and the truly massive volume VI on System 7. š David Sinclair https://dejus.com/2020/12/21/0927/ I did some 68000 assembly using my 512Ke Mac back in the days. Can't remember what was the development environment, though. And I remember these Inside Apple Macintosh books so well. Continue reading ā
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I think he meant that PopClip should be part of macOS! Instant buy for me!As far as Iām concerned, PopClip is part of macOS.
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On Appleās rumoured VR headset (#apple #rumours)
Here is a simple one: Apple, please, no. I donāt get the idea of such product. The audience for this seems to be too small for Apple. I do understand that Apple research in VR can have broader ramifications, but to build such a limited appeal product for the mass, I donāt get it. I think Appleās interests has much more potential in augmented reality products, services or features. Their work is already bearing fruit with AirPods spatial audio and transparency mode. Continue reading ā
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Mapping Appleās mapping efforts (#apple #maps)
Apple Maps is so much better than it was when it first launched back in 2012. Itās my go-to apps when in comes to finding my way. I never use Google Maps. Over the years, Apple upped its game. Recently, Apple added the detailed mapping and the look around feature for Canada, and it made such a big difference. But how much different? Well, look no further than Justino Beirneās latest essay: āWHY DOESNāT āLOOK AROUNDā COVER MORE AREAS? Continue reading ā
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The look of desperation (#intel #benchmark #m1chip #apple)
I think Intel could have done better than this in a world without the M1 chip. But the problem is that the M1 chip is among us. Obviously, the carefully selected benchmarks results are published to people who doesnāt know about Apple. Itās an issue of perception manipulation. Apple is only getting started. Intel is freaking out and look desperate. 2021 will make matters even worse. Another one with a look of desperation: Facebook because of iOS 14. Continue reading ā
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The iPad legitimacy (#apple #iPad #computer)
Matt Birchler is writing yet another post about the iPad. The last paragraph (emphasis is mine): āWe live in a world where weāre surrounded by computers. People have a home computer, a work computer, a phone, a watch, a smart TV, and smart speakers. Hell, even the iPadās harshest critics often have one that they use for watching video and playing games. The iPad is the only device in that list that some people mandate has feature parity with another item on that list. Continue reading ā
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Itās Rosetta 2ās fault (#apple #rosetta2 #bigsur)
According to a recent small survey by AppleInsider, 53% of apps are running natively on M1-powered Macs. What about the remaining 47%? Well: āWithout native support, they’re run in Rosetta 2 emulation. That may conceivably turn out to mean that they run faster than they did on old Intel hardware, but it’s not why you’ve bought an Apple Silicon Mac.ā One of the problem is that Appleās Rosetta 2 is too good at running non-native apps. Continue reading ā
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On the Lack of Safariās extensions support (#apple #safariextension #browserextension)
Itās becoming quite frustrating to see Appleās Safari not being supported for browser extensions. Safari is now reportedly supporting standard web extensions but with an Apple twist making it cumbersome for developers to add support. Apple being Apple, I think it is related to the requirement of having to download an application in order to be able to expose an extension to Safariās engine. Thanks to privacy protection, Apple is forcing the game here, but this has real consequences. Continue reading ā