Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. Apple issues Rapid Security Response update for iOS 16.4.1, macOS 13.3.1 — appleinsider.com/… Related: A nice link to bookmark and send to friends and family who ask for more info: What Are Rapid Security […]
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Make Your Mac’s Keyboard Klack like a Mechanical Keyboard
Klack’s Menu Every once in a while you come across a tech product that has zero value but just makes you smile. This week I paid $4 for a macOS menu bar app called Klack. Klack’s job is to make your normal keyboard sound like a mechanical keyboard. It simulates mechanical switches and it’s awesome. […]
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Dramatically More Engagement on Mastodon vs. Twitter
If you’re a happy Twitter user, I have no intention of trying to make you sad about that. At the same time, I’d like to tell you why Mastodon is so much more fun for me. I’m sure this will shock you, but I’m someone who loves conversation. I know there are many who just […]
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Boogie Board Reusable Writing/Drawing Tablets for Work and Play
1990’s Hasbro Magic Slate Paper Saver – Barbie EditionFor Sale on Etsy for $27 I’d like to tell you about a little tech gadget that won’t have you moaning about what I did to your wallet. It’s called Boogie Board, and it’s not the kind you use to ride ocean waves. Boogie Board is a […]
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iCloud is Apple’s Superpower
iCloud is Apple’s superpower. I’ve been planning on writing up how much I take advantage of all of the integrations Apple give us between our devices. The subject came into even sharper focus when conducting experiments, at Apple Engineering’s behest, to try to solve my pesky battery problems on my M1 MacBook Pro. The most […]
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My Never-Ending Battery Problems with my M1 MacBook Pro
In October of 2021, I threw my money as fast as I could at Apple to get my hands on a 14” M1 MacBook Pro. When it arrived, it was as glorious as I’d hoped. It made me happy that my 16” MacBook Pro which was only 2 years old went into the hands of […]
Continue readingSecurity Bits — 30 April 2023
Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. 🇺🇸 US Facebook users can now claim their share of the Cambridge Analytica settlement — appleinsider.com/… 🇬🇧 The battle against the UK’s daft plan to ban End-to-End Encryption goes on, with WhatsApp taking the […]
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Make Your iPhone Screenshots Stand Out with PopFrame
The Problem to be Solved You may have noticed that I take a lot of screenshots. I use them in my blog posts, I send them to my friends and family in messaging apps to teach them how to do things, I post them to services like Mastodon and Slack, and I send screenshots to […]
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Tiny Mac Tips Part 6 of X
Jump to Tips Haptics on Trackpad Force Touch Go Right to Finder Search Paste without Formatting Line Feed When Enter Won’t Work I’m back with another Part 6 of Tiny Mac Tips. This is an ongoing series I started in order to teach Jill from the Northwoods how to move from an adequate Mac user […]
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Retrobatch for Automating Image Manipulation
Remember a few months ago when I spent a stupid amount of time automating the incredibly complex procedure of unchecking a box in Preview’s Export window to remove the alpha channel from PNG files? The problem to be solved is that images with an alpha channel have transparency, and if they’re dark images, they’re impossible […]
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