Apple’s 2023 Accessibility Feature Preview
Apple (Hacker News): Coming later this year, users with cognitive disabilities can use iPhone and iPad with greater ease and independence with Assistive Access; nonspeaking individuals can type to...
View ArticleApple Intelligence
Daniel Jalkut: People are justifiably less confident about Apple’s prospective plans in the area of artificial intelligence (AI), and particularly in the realm of large language models: the technology...
View ArticleWWDC 2023 Wish Lists
Krishna Sadasivam: Let’s be clear: what I really and truly wish for the next iteration of macOS is a new found-focus on stability, polish and bug fixes. Mario Guzman: The next macOS should be a “Snow...
View ArticlemacOS 14 Sonoma Announced
Apple (preview, MacRumors, Hacker News, ArsTechnica, Slashdot): Stunning screen savers and powerful widgets unlock an entirely new way to personalize. Users can now place widgets right on the desktop,...
View ArticleXcode 15 Announced
Apple: Discover the latest productivity and performance improvements in Xcode 15. Explore enhancements to code completion and Xcode Previews, learn about the test navigator and test report, and find...
View ArticlePublic Developer Betas
Juli Clover (Slashdot, Hacker News): Apple’s developer betas have historically been limited to developers who have a paid account that costs $99 per year, but with the launch of the most recent betas,...
View ArticleFeedback Through an Intermediary
Ole Begemann (quoting Accidental Tech Podcast): Anonymous Apple engineer on Apple’s bug reporting process : “If I get a bug from a developer and want to ask them a question, I can say, please ask the...
View ArticleCloudKit and the iCloud Drive Switch
cyanide: When I disable iCloud drive [the application] stays, suggesting that access to iCloud is still available.However, when iCloud drive is disabled, CKContainer.accountStatus returns noAccount,...
View ArticleSwiftData
Apple (Hacker News): Combining Core Data’s proven persistence technology and Swift’s modern concurrency features, SwiftData enables you to add persistence to your app quickly, with minimal code and no...
View ArticleRIP Apple Mail Plug-ins
Adam Tow: I understand Apple’s reasoning behind this decision, and I am by no means advocating for the boycott of Apple, Mail, or anything like that.However, MailKit has not been improved enough to...
View ArticlePrivacy and Security in macOS 14
WWDC 2023 session 10053: Even though the photos look like they are part of your app, they are rendered by the system and only shared when selected, so the user’s photos always remain in their...
View ArticleGame Porting Toolkit
Christina Warren: But buried in the keynote was a macOS feature that Apple should have called out with more fanfare: DirectX 12 support for macOS. As PC gamers already know, this software support means...
View ArticleSafari 17 Link Tracking Protection
WebKit: In Safari 17, Private Browsing gets even more private with added protection against some of the most advanced techniques used to track you. Technical changes include: Adding blocking for known...
View ArticlePrivacy Manifests
WWDC 2023 session 10060: We have heard from developers like you that it can be challenging to get all the information you need from the great third-party SDKs that your apps depend on. Privacy...
View ArticleSafari 17 Profiles
Tim Hardwick: Safari has gained a new feature called Profiles, which is designed to help keep your browsing separate for topics like Work, School, or Personal. Each profile gets its own icon and silos...
View ArticleSafari 17 Web Apps
WWDC 2023 session 10120: Discover web apps for Mac — a powerful way to experience your website from the Dock. Learn how you can customize your web app to give people the best experience when they add...
View ArticleATS and ATSUI Removal
macOS 13 Release Notes (2022): ATS and ATSUI APIs are fully deprecated. Code using these APIs will fail to compile and link when the deployment target is set to 13. Code targeting earlier versions of...
View ArticleView Clipping Changes in macOS 14
WWDC 2023 session 10054: NSViews clip their drawing contents to their bounds. That sometimes leads to drawing not displaying the way you want, like the bottom of this Hindi glyph in a FreeForm alert...
View ArticleThe Trouble With Mac Gaming
John Voorhees: Quinn Nelson of Snazzy Labs has an excellent video about the trouble with gaming on the Mac. The video’s title says it all: “Macs Can Game. But Apple Can’t.” As Nelson explains, it’s not...
View ArticleFamily Passwords and Passkey Providers
Juli Clover: In iOS 17, Family Passwords is designed to let you share your passwords and passkeys with friends and family members. Using the Passwords section of the Settings app, you can create a...
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