Apple developed the STBs in their Austin, Texas campus. It was based on stripped-down 1993 Quadra 605 hardware with extra silicon for the media features but kept serial, ADB and SCSI connections to allow it to run compatible CD-ROMs, sort of a Pippin before the Pippin, with plans to sell it for $750 [2023 dollars about $1500]…
"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.
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.
Swiss newspaper Tages-Anzeiger today published an interesting and expansive interview with Apple VPs Kevin Lynch and Deidre Caldbeck, discussing all...
"The suit claimed that the agreement essentially killed the market for refurbished Apple goods on Amazon while giving Amazon a discount of up to 10 percent on its own sales of Apple goods."
"On the surface, these results seem to show that the GPU in the new M2 Ultra is highly formidable, offering GPU compute performance somewhere between a GeForce RTX 4070 Ti and RTX 4080."
An Apple malware-flagging tool is “trivially” easy to bypass. (arstechnica.com)
Background Task Manager can potentially miss malicious software on your machine....
Hacking Apple's 1994 Set Top Box System (oldvcr.blogspot.com)
Apple developed the STBs in their Austin, Texas campus. It was based on stripped-down 1993 Quadra 605 hardware with extra silicon for the media features but kept serial, ADB and SCSI connections to allow it to run compatible CD-ROMs, sort of a Pippin before the Pippin, with plans to sell it for $750 [2023 dollars about $1500]…
How long will the last Intel Macs be supported? macOS Sonoma gives us some hints (arstechnica.com)
Nearly 20 years of data show how Intel Macs are faring as Apple switches chips.
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:...
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.
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.
Supported Devices for Apple's 2023 Operating Systems (tidbits.com)
Covers macOS 14 Sonoma, iOS 17, iPadOS 17, watchOS 10, and tvOS 17, including feature-specific requirements.
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.
Apple execs discuss third-party watch faces and watchOS 10 design decisions in new interview (9to5mac.com)
Swiss newspaper Tages-Anzeiger today published an interesting and expansive interview with Apple VPs Kevin Lynch and Deidre Caldbeck, discussing all...
Question Of The Week: What are your favorite iOS widgets?
What first or third-party iOS widgets do you find especially useful?...
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.
Question Of The Week Suggestion Thread, WO Jun 18
Suggest questions here for next week's Question Of The Week thread....
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!...
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.
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.
For reasons no one can fathom, McDonald’s has released a new Game Boy Color game (arstechnica.com)
Grimace's Birthday was developed by Krool Toys, a Brooklyn-based independent game studio.
Apple’s Original Vision Products Were a Line of CRTs (512pixels.net)
The Apple Vision Pro may be ushering in the era of spatial computing, but like many other Apple products, it's using a name steeped in history.
Judge denies Amazon & Apple’s motions to dismiss class action price-fixing suit (arstechnica.com)
"The suit claimed that the agreement essentially killed the market for refurbished Apple goods on Amazon while giving Amazon a discount of up to 10 percent on its own sales of Apple goods."
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....
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…
M2 Ultra appears in Geekbench 6 and GFXBench benchmark indexes (www.tomshardware.com)
"On the surface, these results seem to show that the GPU in the new M2 Ultra is highly formidable, offering GPU compute performance somewhere between a GeForce RTX 4070 Ti and RTX 4080."
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."
CCP to require identifiable information from AirDrop users, citing national security (edition.cnn.com)
The move comes after anti-government protesters in China used AirDrop to share content, bypassing strict internet censorship.
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.
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.