With M1 Macs mere days away for early adopters, those who need to run virtual machines on their Macs may have a bumpy time ahead.
Here’s Nick Dobrovolskiy with Parallels:
It is important to note that currently available versions of Parallels® Desktop for Mac cannot run virtual machines on Mac with Apple M1 chip. Good news: A new version of Parallels Desktop for Mac that can run on Mac with Apple M1 chip is already in active development.
AirBuddy is one of those apps that makes the Mac so much better that I can’t imagine using AirPods with my computers without it. The all-new version brings with it an updated UI, powerful listening modes and a lot more. It is well worth the $10.
Good news about my app launcher of choice:
Alfred has an exceedingly clean code base, so we were hoping for it to be reasonably easy to create our first Universal build. To our pleasant surprise, it was as straightforward as loading up Alfred’s code into Xcode 12 Beta, selecting the Universal architecture, and compiling. That was it, no other changes were needed, and we were immediately able to take full advantage of the new architecture.
In 1987, The Computer Chronicles did an episode all about HyperCard:
It is a fascinating watch, but a few things really jumped out at me:
Don’s miss this 2019 Ars Technica post about HyperCard, which was written by Matthew Lasar.
The Dropbox Family plan has 2 TB of storage space that can be shared by up to 6 members, ages 13 and older. With Dropbox Family, you and your family can securely organize and share content, like photos, videos, and important documents.
With Dropbox Family, each member of the plan has their own Dropbox account. They can manage their own files and folders and decide what to share with other family members. A single person, the Family manager, will manage the billing and memberships for the entire Family plan.
I’ve been looking forward to this episode of Under the Radar for what feels like forever:
Dave’s app is number one in the App Store! We explore the mind-bending scale and perspective of such a defining moment in an indie developer’s career.
Marco’s opening is perfect.
The WordPress founder says the company has been unable to update its iOS app until it gives Apple a cut of its in-app purchases.
There’s one small detail worth knowing. Sean Hollister at The Verge:
Here’s the thing: the WordPress app on iOS doesn’t sell anything. I just checked, and so did Stratechery’s Ben Thompson. The app simply lets you make a website for free. There isn’t even an option to buy a unique dot-com or even dot-blog domain name from the iPhone and iPad app — it simply assigns you a free WordPress domain name and 3GB of space.
Don’t get me wrong; Microsoft Flight Simulator looks amazing, but some of these bugs are hilarious.
Jacob Kastrenakes at The Verge:
Epic says that Apple has threatened to cut off its access to all iOS and Mac developer tools as retaliation for sneaking a new payment option into Fortnite last week — a stunt that ended in the app being banned from the App Store and Epic filing a blockbuster antitrust lawsuit against Apple, claiming it places illegal restrictions on the distribution of iOS apps.
Apple will terminate Epic’s inclusion in the Apple Developer Program, a membership that’s necessary to distribute apps on iOS devices or use Apple developer tools, if the company does not “cure your breaches” to the agreement within two weeks, according to a letter from Apple that was shared by Epic. Epic won’t be able to notarize Mac apps either, a process that could make installing Epic’s software more difficult or block it altogether. Apple requires that all apps are notarized before they can be run on newer versions of macOS, even if they’re distributed outside the App Store.
I don’t mind Electron if it means I can run Mac OS 8 on what it thinks is a Macintosh Quadra:
In the latest instance of iOS 14’s beta mode tattling on unexpected app behavior, some users reported that they were seeing the green “camera on” indicator while using Instagram when they were just scrolling through their feeds, not taking a photo or video.
An Instagram spokesperson said in an email to The Verge that the behavior was a bug and that it’s being fixed. The app’s Create Mode is accessible from the Instagram camera which could set off the camera indicator, and swiping into the app’s Camera from Feed may also trip it up.