Nikita Prokopov: But recently (a decade, more or less), this relationship has subtly changed. Newer programs (which are called apps now, yes, I know) started to want things from you.[…]This got so bad that when a program doesn’t ask you to create an account, it feels refreshing.[…]Everybody is checking for updates all the time. Some […]

Anthony Ha (MacRumors, Hacker News): Apple is getting serious about succession planning, according to a new report in The Financial Times.The company’s board and senior executives are reportedly preparing for the possibility that Tim Cook could step down as CEO as soon as early next year.[…]Apple’s senior vice president of hardware engineering John Ternus is […]

Juli Clover: Following signs of new Side Button functionality in the iOS 26.2 beta 3 update, Apple developer documentation has confirmed that assigning a third-party voice assistant to the Side Button will be a feature available to iPhone users in Japan. […] Apple makes it clear that the option to activate a third-party personal assistant […]

SpamSieve 3.2.2 is a maintenance release of my Mac e-mail spam filter. SpamSieve 3.2 had a bunch of changes to deal with Microsoft’s plan to sunset Legacy Outlook on November 1, however in early October they announced a new plan to keep supporting Legacy Outlook for another year. I think this was the right decision, […]

Joe Rossignol: Apple’s high-end Mac Pro desktop computer is currently “on the back burner,” according to the latest word from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman.In his Power On newsletter today, Gurman said he heard that Apple has “largely written off” the Mac Pro, with the sentiment inside the company being that the Mac Studio represents the present […]