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rileytestut, 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago) to random

After 10 long years, everyone can FINALLY experience my Nintendo emulator @delta!

This is honestly a dream come true, and I hope everyone enjoys replaying their favorite retro games 💜
https://fosstodon.org/@altstore/112287538562764439

simonbs, 1 month ago to random

Really wish Philips Hue made a smart power strip where each plug could be turned on and off individually.

davemark, 2 months ago to apple

Damn.

Guess we’ll be talking about this on “The Dalrymple Report” we record tomorrow:

Jim:
“Siri has done what no person could for 30 years: Make me stop using an Apple product.

I am giving up on my 8 HomePods/minis out of the sheer frustration of trying to use Siri.

I’ve been in tech for 30 years and this is one of the worst technologies ever and only getting worse”

😮

https://x.com/jdalrymple/status/1770154960610537945
#Apple #Siri #HomePod

icanzilb, 2 months ago to random

Will never truly understand 🇩🇪 Especially the card payment stuff.

Almost every morning I grab a snack or salad from a high foot-traffic shop in MUC. There is always a queue of ~ 15 people waiting to pay at the only cash desk.

I walk in, grab stuff, pay with my 🍏 watch at one of the 3 available and free self-scan + cashless payment terminals and walk out within less than a minute 🤷🏽‍♂️

nicklockwood, 2 months ago to random

Suppose I have a Mac App Store app with an associated command line tool.

I don't want to embed the tool in the app itself, but instead make it available via a download link. What would be a good, App Store compliant way to make that available to the user?

I'm thinking something like a menu that downloads the app and provides user instructions for installing it? (Ideally I'd like to be able to install it for them, but I'm assuming that's impossible due to sandbox restrictions)

finestructure, 2 months ago to random

OMG, the Roomba cleaned the kitchen and returned to base. No intervention required 💪

I took like 10mins to •find• the kitchen - which I hadn’t moved - but apart from that it was flawless 👌

zackwhittaker, 2 months ago to random

New, by me: A technology company that routes millions of SMS text messages across the world has secured an exposed database that was spilling one-time security codes that may have granted users’ access to their Facebook, Google and TikTok accounts.

The SMS routing company's database was connected to the internet with no password.

More: https://techcrunch.com/2024/02/29/leaky-database-two-factor-codes/

timac, 2 months ago to random

Security is critical to our users, which is why we recommend setting up 2FA (*)

(*): Requires Ultimate Enterprise license

🤬🤬🤬

timac, 3 months ago to random

I've been increasingly working with Mermaid diagrams over the past few years and annoyed by the lack of a Mac app for previewing Mermaid diagrams locally.

That's why I'm releasing MarkChart:

👀 Effortlessly preview Mermaid diagrams
🔄 Live updates while editing
🖼️ Screenshots with one click
💻 Generate PNGs from the Terminal
🌚 Dark Mode support

MarkChart is available on the Mac App Store
👉 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/markchart-mermaid-preview/id6475648822

icanzilb, 3 months ago (edited 3 months ago) to random

People who've worked in an office more than me - how do you get work done with so many people being on different calls around you 🤔 any tips?

rileytestut, 5 months ago to random

Is there really no way to control the order of keys when using JSONEncoder? Tried using OrderedDictionary and that just outputted a single Array alternating between keys and values 🙃 https://github.com/apple/swift-collections/blob/main/Documentation/OrderedDictionary.md

stroughtonsmith, 5 months ago to random

Thanks @macstories for selecting @broadcastsapp as 'Best Watch App’ 2023! This brings a light to the end of what has been a pretty rough year at home; bring on 2024, and some fresh energy 😄 /via https://www.macstories.net/stories/macstories-selects-2023-recognizing-the-best-apps-of-the-year/

stroughtonsmith, 5 months ago to random

“…number of apps using Mac Catalyst is now decreasing. Initially employed by Apple for low-risk apps, this technology was later adopted for more critical apps such as Maps and Messages. 6 years after its introduction, it is becoming evident that this was a transitional technology.” https://blog.timac.org/2023/1128-state-of-appkit-catalyst-swift-swiftui-mac/

There's some confusion here; no apps switched from Catalyst to SwiftUI. Find My & Weather are still Mac Catalyst apps. Screen Time still links UIKit. There is nothing to support this statement

timac, 5 months ago to random

Last month, I analyzed the programming languages and UI frameworks used to create iOS 17. This month, let’s analyze macOS Sonoma and answer a few questions:

📈 What is the total count of binaries within macOS Sonoma?
🛠 Which programming languages are used to develop these apps?
🧐 How many apps are written with Swift?
🤓 How many apps are using Mac Catalyst and SwiftUI versus AppKit?
🔒 Is the Secure Enclave using Swift?

👉 https://blog.timac.org/2023/1128-state-of-appkit-catalyst-swift-swiftui-mac/

simonbs, 6 months ago to random

What alternatives to TestFlight are worth considering these days? I'm thinking along the lines of App Center and Firebase App Distribution.

collin, 6 months ago to random

Do you have a blog? Tell me about it and I'll boost it. I'm looking for more good feeds to follow.

fj, 6 months ago to random

On the Apple Security Blog, we’re detailing, Contact Key Verification, a new feature that’s designed to detect sophisticated attacks against iMessage servers and allow users to verify that they’re messaging only with whom they intend.
https://security.apple.com/blog/imessage-contact-key-verification/

matthewcassinelli, 7 months ago to random

I have a new home that needs to be smarter 💡

timac, 7 months ago to random

Now that iOS 17 is available, let’s analyze its built-in apps to answer a few questions:

📈 How many binaries are in iOS 17?
🛠 Which programming languages are used to develop these apps?
🧐 How many apps are written with Swift?
🤓 What is the percentage of apps using SwiftUI versus UIKit?
🔒 Is the Secure Enclave using Swift?

👉 https://blog.timac.org/2023/1019-state-of-swift-and-swiftui-ios17/

simonbs, 7 months ago to random

Just setup this automation in Shortcuts to automatically connect to my VPN when my phone joins an unknown WiFi.

I have another automation to automatically disconnect from the VPN when my phone leaves any WiFi.

Seems smart to me but I’ll see how it works while I’m traveling over the next few days.