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- Comparing the Classic and Unified Views in iOS 26’s Phone App - TidBITS
I tried the new Unified Phone app on iOS 26 when it first came out and quickly moved back to Classic. This article, and some time, gave me a nudge to go back to the Unified view…
- Why Grammarly Beats Apple’s Writing Tools for Serious Writers - TidBITS
I continue to be a Grammarly customer even with all of the AI tools out there.
- How to Tame Sequoia’s Window Tiling - TidBITS
I’ve used Moom as a window manager on macOS for a while. Now Sequoia has a very simple window manager built-in. I've left it turned on and actually find it useful because it is…
- Preparing for the Unthinkable: A Brief Guide to Digital Legacy Planning - TidBITS
Our computing lives get ever more complicated, and with that complication they become ever more integrated into our lives. Considering the destiny of our digital assets after we…
- Photographing a Bicycling Tour with an iPhone - TidBITS
Julio Ojeda-Zapata chronicles photographing a bike tour with his iPhone. The Ego power rig he uses is amazing.
- Apple Explains Pullback from CSAM Photo-Scanning - TidBITS
- Mastodon: A New Hope for Social Networking - TidBITS
Detailed and thorough overview of Mastodon for those interested in exploring deeper.
- How I Finally Embraced the Apple Watch as a Fitness Tracker - TidBITS
Very detailed article with links to various apps on getting the most out of your Apple Watch for fitness and activity tracking.
- Reflections on a Year with HomeKit - TidBITS
- Every Zoom Security and Privacy Flaw So Far, and What You Can Do to Protect Yourself - TidBITS
Very detailed and thorough writeup of all the known issues that Zoom has had.
- Why Lightroom CC Is a Big Step Up from Apple’s Photos - TidBITS
I haven't used Lightroom much in the last couple of years but it’s still my go to for power user functionality with photos. Interesting to see Adobe taking a run at a complete…
- You Can’t Protect Yourself from the Equifax Breach - TidBITS
The Equifax breach is different than nearly every other data breach we've seen. The breadth of the data they collect is hard to grasp and it is impossible to not be pulled into…
- Apple Watch Series 3 Goes Cellular - TidBITS
When the Apple Watch first came out there was a lot of hoping for an LTE version and to be honest I totally played it down. "I always have my iPhone!" I said. But see, sometimes I…
- HEVC and HEIF Will Make Video and Photos More Efficient - TidBITS
Nice writeup on the HEIF and HEVC formats that are coming to iOS 11 and macOS High Sierra. Notable that these are not Apple created formats. Anyone can implement these. I like…
- TidBITS Safe Computing: CameraTrace Tracks by Serial Number in Photos
CameraTrace Tracks by Serial Number in Photos
- Orders Start for Unique Lytro Light Field Camera
- BBEdit 10 Improves UI, HTML Markup, and EPUB Editing
I finally decided to make the jump to BBEdit with this release. Initial impressions are very good.
- The Two Faces of Lion
The most frequent question Ive been asked since Apples Worldwide Developer Conference keynote on Monday is whether Mac OS X 10.7 Lion is boring. Thats a fair question. The last…
- Dropbox 1.0.28
Perennial TidBITS favorite Dropbox has been updated to version 1.0.28. The minor release fixes a rare crash and includes a few other unspecified small tweaks. We tend to find that…
- Secrets of Thunderbolt and Lion
- 15 Secrets of iMovie ’11
Apple’s introduction of iMovie ’11 focused largely on the new Movie Trailers feature, audio editing improvements, and One-Step Effects for automating common editing operations.…
- Regain the Timeline in iMovie 11
When Apple radically changed iMovie between the 06 and 08 releases, one of the main criticisms was the abandonment of the traditional editing timeline. Instead of one horizontal…
- Safari Extension Hides You from Google and Facebook
Orbicule has released a free extension for Safari 5 that blocks several methods of tracking your behavior across multiple Web sites. The Incognito extension can prevent Google's…
- MarsEdit 3.1.1
Red Sweater Software has updated their blog editing software MarsEdit to version 3.1.1. The new version is now 64-bit compatible. Additionally, a variety of new features have been…
- EPUBReader Displays EPUBs in Firefox
With Apple's release of the iBooks app and the iBookstore, EPUB-formatted ebooks have become increasingly prevalent. Surprisingly, though, there aren't many good ways to read an…
- CrashPlan Joins Long-Term TidBITS Sponsors
We're pleased to welcome Code42 Software, makers of the backup software CrashPlan, to the coterie of long-term TidBITS sponsors. Backup software is one of those topics near and…
- LaunchBar 5.0.1 Runs on Snow Leopard, Adds Clipboard History
Any reader of TidBITS or my Take Control books is probably aware that I couldn't live without LaunchBar, from Objective Development Software. (See, for example, "Curing Your…
- WikiReader Puts Wikipedia in Your Pocket
I haven't been able to lay my hands on one of Openmoko's cute WikiReader devices yet, but given my 10-year-old son Tristan's proclivity for reading Wikipedia over nearly…
- The Macintosh/iPhone Mind Meld
So you have a Mac, and you do have an iPhone (or other Bluetooth-compatible mobile phone - I don't have one of those, so I'm concentrating on the iPhone here). You're sitting at…
- Peering Inside Snow Leopard Security
From the beginning, Apple made it clear that Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard was focused on improving the performance of the operating system and providing developers with new tools…
- External Link: Quicken For Mac Delayed Until 2010
Intuit has announced that the release date for the Mac-compatible version of their flagship product, Quicken Financial Life, has been pushed back to February 2010. The company had…
- Current iPhones Keep Cheaper Plan on Reactivation
You won't pay a 3G rate for a 2G iPhone with a new service plan, AT&T confirmed for me today. This should be good news to anyone looking to either sell their so-called 2G iPhone…
- Microsoft Needs to Empty Windows Trash, Reboot