Starting with iOS 17, iPadOS 17, and macOS Sonoma, users with an Apple ID will automatically be assigned a passkey, allowing them to sign into their Apple ID with Face ID or Touch ID instead of their password.
It’s almost time. Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) is just days away. Come Monday morning, both Dan Moren and I will be somewhere on the Apple Campus…
"Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited against versions of iOS released before iOS 15.7," the company says when describing Kernel and WebKit vulnerabilities tracked as CVE-2023-32434 and CVE-2023-32435.
Question Of The Week: What's an app you'd like to try in visionOS?
Can be an app that exists on other platforms or a new idea, as long as you don't mind sharing....
EU law requiring easier iPhone battery replacement inches closer to enactment (appleinsider.com)
The European Union is moving closer to enacting a law that will require smartphones like the iPhone to have easier battery repairs.
Boosting and upvoting are conceptually different
Update: this has now been resolved by changes to Kbin's voting system:...
Question Of The Week: What are your favorite iOS widgets?
What first or third-party iOS widgets do you find especially useful?...
John Gruber's first impressions of Vision Pro and VisionOS (daringfireball.net)
"I got to spend about 30 minutes Monday afternoon using a Vision Pro and VisionOS at Apple Park…"
Apple’s biggest competition in India? Used iPhone sellers (restofworld.org)
“We give them the same phone, in the same brand-new condition,” says one seller.
Apple TV to Support VPN Apps on tvOS 17 (www.macrumors.com)
"VPN apps could allow for Apple TV users to watch geo-restricted content… however it is possible that Apple could restrict usage of the apps."
App Store Story: What the Heck Is Mastodon? (apps.apple.com)
App Store story highlighting Ivory, Mona, Mastonaut, and other Mastodon apps for Mac and iOS.
The Anime You Should Have Watched in Spring 2013 (www.animenewsnetwork.com)
Travel back ten years and revisit some fan favorite anime and hidden gems.
Question Of The Week Suggestion Thread, WO Jun 18
Suggest questions here for next week's Question Of The Week thread....
iOS 17 and macOS Sonoma Add Passkey to Your Apple ID (www.macrumors.com)
Starting with iOS 17, iPadOS 17, and macOS Sonoma, users with an Apple ID will automatically be assigned a passkey, allowing them to sign into their Apple ID with Face ID or Touch ID instead of their password.
Jason Snell: What I’m watching for at the WWDC keynote (sixcolors.com)
It’s almost time. Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) is just days away. Come Monday morning, both Dan Moren and I will be somewhere on the Apple Campus…
Gurman: Apple to add hearing tests, other health features to AirPods (www.bloomberg.com)
"Likely several months or even years away," after the shift to USB-C:...
Apple’s new Proton-like developer tool can run Windows games on a Mac (www.theverge.com)
Developers now have some serious tools to help port Windows games to Mac…
Supplier capacity may limit Vision Pro shipments (thelec.net)
Sources said Sony's OLEDoS capacity means Apple will only be able to ship hundreds of thousands of Vision Pro at most next year.
Is there a Patreon/Ko-Fi/OpenCollective for Kbin?
What's the best way for us to chip in and help fund Kbin's development or the hosting costs for kbin.social?
Web Apps on macOS Sonoma 14 Beta (blog.tomayac.com)
A detailed look at how Sonoma's Web Apps integrate with macOS and what capabilities they offer.
This Week in hololive June 4 – June 10, 2023 (thisweekinhololive.wordpress.com)
Kaela introduces Ckia, Watame's birthday, Nene's new outfit, and new original music…
With iPadOS 17, Stage Manager Is (Finally) Moving in the Right Direction (www.macstories.net)
"Apple listened to feedback about Stage Manager and – at least so far – implemented the key improvements I wanted to see."
Keycaps.info (www.keycaps.info)
Tool for comparing keycap profiles.
Other Apple communities in the Fediverse
I'm gathering a list of Apple-related communities for this magazine's sidebar. Add new suggestions in the comments!...
Infinite Mac: Classic Macs running in the browser (infinitemac.org)
Infinite Mac is a collection of classic Macintosh system releases and software, all easily accessible from the comfort of a web browser.
Apple vs. Apples: A Truly Weird Trademark Battle (www.wired.co.uk)
Apple, the company, wants rights to the image of apples, the fruit, in Switzerland – one of dozens of countries where it's flexing its legal muscles.
Pakistan’s 4-day internet shutdown was the final straw for its tech workers (restofworld.org)
Pakistan is becoming a case study on how tech workers are impacted by political instability. Many now want out.
Today's iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and watchOS updates address zero-day vulnerabilities (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
"Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited against versions of iOS released before iOS 15.7," the company says when describing Kernel and WebKit vulnerabilities tracked as CVE-2023-32434 and CVE-2023-32435.