During the “It’s show time” event in late March, Apple announced that the TV app would be coming to the Mac soon. This naturally sparked discussions about whether Apple would be bringing its other media apps to the Mac, finally splitting up iTunes into distinct applications. Fellow developer Steve Troughton-Smith recently expressed confidence about some evidence found indicating…
Apple is having some fun with frenzied fanboys and gals ahead of today’s “It’s show time” media event. Although the live broadcast won’t officially start until 10 a.m. Pacific, Apple “accidentally” showed a few images of the empty auditorium. What makes that particularly exciting? Only the fact that the screen is showing images such as…
In a new video shared this week by 512 Pixels, Stephen Hackett looks into the history of Clarus the Dogcow, a bitmapped image designed as part of the Cairo font for use on the Macintosh. While starting as part of a simple font language, Clarus grew to prominence on Mac over the years, becoming a popular…
USB has come a long way since its humble origins as a better port for plugging your mouse or printer into your PC. And it's going to take a big step further late next year with the release of products with the technology's latest version, USB 4. Announced this week, USB 4 will offer data transfer to 40…
March 8, 1997: Apple renames the forthcoming Mac OS 7.7 update, calling it “Mac OS 8.” It’s more than just a name change, though: It’s a sneaky sucker punch that ultimately knocks out Mac clones. Unfortunately for Mac users, the updated operating system does not deliver the total top-to-bottom rewrite promised by Apple’s Project Copland. However, the renaming strategy turns out…
Microsoft Office 365 is nearing its Mac App Store debut. Apple has already begun promoting the suite, which includes Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, in several countries around the world, while Microsoft has published a new support document that explains how to activate Office from the Mac App Store. Microsoft already offers a bunch of apps…
Your friends and family have likely purchased or been gifted a range of new devices over the last few days and weeks, and odds are probably good that you’re the go-to for tech support. Sometimes it’s easy enough to troubleshoot with a call or text when you aren’t nearby, but it’s usually helpful to see what’s going…
As mentioned earlier, Disk Utility 18.0 in macOS 10.14.2 Mojave doesn’t do what it claims when you select Security Options for formatting SSDs. This article explains exactly what it does, how to perform what it doesn’t, and details another separate bug and its workaround. Security Options When you erase or format a disk in Disk Utility, there is…
Apple still doesn't offer a full online web player for Apple Music, but this week software engineer Naveed Golafshani shared a new project on Reddit, allowing Apple Music subscribers to get access to their full library and other Apple Music features on the web. The web player can be found at playapplemusic.com, and to see your Apple Music library…
This article lists bugs which you and I have encountered in macOS Mojave 10.14.2 itself, rather than issues in specific third-party applications and other software. System Information – Legacy Software wrong and misleading The information given about ‘legacy software’ in System Information is highly incomplete and misleading. Further details are here. Use 32-bitCheck (from Downloads above) instead.…
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