TidBITS: Apple News for the Rest of Us

If you stay in one of the 60+ appropriately equipped hotels on your next trip, you may be able to use AirPlay from your iPhone or iPad to share content with the big-screen TV in your room. READ ...

https://tidbits.com/2024/04/18/airplay-now-available-in-60-ihg-hotels-in-north-america/

Google’s new Find My Device network works nearly identically to Apple’s Find My network with a few exceptions: Google’s design offers more anti-stalking and privacy features than Apple.

https://tidbits.com/2024/04/17/google-raises-privacy-bar-with-its-crowdsourced-tracking-service/

This must-read from The Verge weaves background about the undersea fiber optic connections that make the modern Internet possible with the story of what one maintenance ship went through repairin...

https://tidbits.com/2024/04/17/the-ineffable-importance-of-undersea-cable-maintenance/

Apple has announced that, later this year, it will become possible to repair select iPhones with used parts harvested from other devices. But the changes don’t go far enough for many in the Rig...

https://tidbits.com/2024/04/16/apple-to-allow-used-parts-in-some-iphone-repairs-later-this-year/

Maintenance release for the recently upgraded reference management tool. ($74.99 new, $49.99 upgrade, free update for version 15 users, 113.5 MB, macOS 10.13+)

https://tidbits.com/watchlist/bookends-15-0-1/

The Listen Later text-to-podcast service now features outro music after each podcast episode and provides a Chrome extension for easier submission. Also, if a paywall is blocking you from convert...

https://tidbits.com/2024/04/15/listen-later-adds-features-requested-by-tidbits-readers/

It’s our 34th anniversary today, and Adam Engst marks the occasion by sharing some thoughts and stats about where TidBITS is now, along with new discounts on apps from the Ukrainian companies B...

https://tidbits.com/2024/04/15/34-years-of-tidbits-and-new-mac-app-discounts-for-members/

Introduces new custom perspective rules for Pro edition users. ($74.99 new, free update, 31.6 MB, macOS 13+)

https://tidbits.com/watchlist/omnifocus-4-2/

Adds support for selecting multiple noncontiguous portions of text to all three iWork apps. (Free, various sizes, macOS 13+)

https://tidbits.com/watchlist/pages-14-numbers-14-and-keynote-14/

Improves support for vector PDFs, including those created using Apple apps like Safari, Keynote, and Pages. ($49.99 new, free update, 644.3 MB, macOS 12+)

https://tidbits.com/watchlist/pixelmator-pro-3-5-8/

Annoyed by several of his credit cards not showing up in 1Password’s autofill pop-up, Adam Engst spelunked through the card metadata and found the offending field.

https://tidbits.com/2024/04/13/solve-credit-cards-not-appearing-in-1password-8-autofill-pop-up/

Apple has posted an account of a team using the Apple Watch Ultra 2 (and iPhone 15 Pro Max) during The Speed Project, an unofficial, unsanctioned relay race from Santa Monica to Las Vegas. Adam E...

https://tidbits.com/2024/04/11/apple-plugs-apple-watch-ultra-2-usage-in-long-distance-relay-race/

Audio-recording workflow app brings a new audio capture backend and various improvements. ($64 new, free update, 37.1 MB, macOS 14+)

https://tidbits.com/watchlist/audio-hijack-4-4/

We’re taking the next email issue of TidBITS off to view the total solar eclipse, although we’ll continue to publish articles on our website. You can look forward to the next email issue on 1...

https://tidbits.com/2024/04/01/no-tidbits-issue-on-8-april-2024-for-the-solar-eclipse/

This week's Do You Use It? poll asks how often you use the macOS versioning feature, which was in the news recently due to a bug in macOS 14.4 Sonoma. READ ORIGINAL ARTICLE

https://tidbits.com/2024/04/01/do-you-use-it-versions/

Canva specializes in easy-to-use online design tools with collaborative features, whereas the Affinity apps offer a powerful but inexpensive alternative to Adobe’s Creative Cloud. The acquisiti...

https://tidbits.com/2024/04/01/canva-acquires-the-affinity-suite-of-professional-design-apps/

Password managers like 1Password have long provided a deep set of features for creating, storing, and entering passwords and other confidential information. The iCloud Passwords extension for Chr...

https://tidbits.com/2024/04/01/using-apples-icloud-passwords-outside-safari/

Adds workarounds to address changes in macOS 14.4 Sonoma that broke File Provider support. ($49.99 new, free update, 100.1 MB, macOS 10.14+)

https://tidbits.com/watchlist/chronosync-11-0-2/

Maintenance release for the file automation and cleanup utility. ($42 new, free update, 22.3 MB, macOS 10.14+)

https://tidbits.com/watchlist/hazel-5-3-3/

Wireless audio broadcasting app brings a new audio capture backend and a warning about updating. ($35 new, free update, 39.7 MB, macOS 14.4+)

https://tidbits.com/watchlist/airfoil-5-12/

Brian Krebs covers an attack that exploits a vulnerability in the Apple ID password reset process to deluge users with requests to reset the password. Consider yourself forewarned. READ ORIGINAL...

https://tidbits.com/2024/03/26/beware-of-attacks-using-password-reset-request-notifications/

Patches an image-processing vulnerability in Ventura and Monterey. (Free, various sizes, macOS 12+)

https://tidbits.com/watchlist/safari-17-4-1/

Mark your calendars—Apple has announced that its Worldwide Developer Conference will kick off on 10 June 2024. Will the keynote bring an AI-powered version of Siri?

https://tidbits.com/2024/03/26/wwdc-2024-scheduled-for-june-10-14/

Apple doesn’t say what has changed for macOS 13.6.6 Ventura, but the bugs fixed in macOS 14.4.1 Sonoma have bedeviled users for the last two weeks.

https://tidbits.com/2024/03/25/macos-14-4-1-sonoma-and-macos-13-6-6-ventura-fix-bugs-and-vulnerabilities/

The results of our poll asking which podcast apps TidBITS readers prefer reveal that Marco Arment’s Overcast is by far the most popular, well ahead of Apple Podcasts. No other podcast app broke...

https://tidbits.com/2024/03/25/do-you-use-it-tidbits-readers-prefer-overcast-to-apple-podcasts/

Apple has unveiled a new Documentation site that lets users browse for information about Apple hardware and (older) software. It’s a big win, especially considering the sorry state of the Apple...

https://tidbits.com/2024/03/25/apple-launches-documentation-site-for-manuals-specs-and-downloads/

Provides more accurate nits readings for Apple displays and prepare for the next version of macOS. ($23 new, free update, 22.2 MB, macOS 11+)

https://tidbits.com/watchlist/lunar-6-7-3/

Adds a prompt to alert you to a change in a local copy of a calendar event. ($56.99 annual subscription, free update, 66.3/29.9 MB, macOS 11+)

https://tidbits.com/watchlist/fantastical-3-8-13-cardhop-2-2-17/

Release notes for these updates list “important bug fixes and security updates” or just “important security fixes” so they probably address one or more zero-day security vulnerabilities.

https://tidbits.com/2024/03/22/apple-releases-ios-and-ipados-17-4-1-and-16-7-7-and-visionos-1-1-1/

The US Justice Department and 16 states have filed an antitrust lawsuit accusing Apple of maintaining an illegal iPhone monopoly based on its practices in super apps, cloud gaming, messaging apps...

https://tidbits.com/2024/03/22/us-files-antitrust-lawsuit-against-apple-alleging-iphone-monopoly/