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Mac Code Signing at 20

Howard Oakley: This year marks the twentieth anniversary of Apple’s announcement of the introduction of code signing, although it wasn’t unleashed until Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard the following year (2007). […] Apple had long maintained that users would remain able to run unsigned code in macOS, but that changed in November 2020 with the […]

Blurring App Store Ads and Search Results

Benjamin Mayo (Hacker News): Apple is testing a new design for App Store search ads on iPhone. Some users on iOS 26.3 are noticing that the blue background around sponsored results is no longer shown, blurring the line between what paid ad results look like and the real search results that follow. This means the […]

My Apple Watch SE 3 Experience

I’d been anticipating the Apple Watch SE 3 for a while because I wanted: A faster watch—I was happy with the original SE’s functionality, but it always felt slow. Longer battery life—I had started to need Low Power Mode to get through longer days. The ability to run newer software—the original SE was stuck at […]

Closing Setapp Mobile Marketplace

Tim Hardwick: The service will officially cease operating on February 16, 2026. Setapp Mobile launched in open beta in September 2024. In a support page, MacPaw said Setapp Mobile is being closed because of app marketplaces’ “still-evolving and complex business terms that don’t fit Setapp’s current business model,” suggesting it was not profitable for the […]

Tahoe Broke Resizing Finder Column View

Jeff Johnson: At the bottom of each column is a resizing widget that you can use to change the width of the columns. Or rather, you could use it to change the width of the columns. On macOS Tahoe, the horizontal scroller covers the resizing widget and prevents it from being clicked! Compare with macOS […]