Some RSS feeds you delete in Mail may re-appear later.
Download and install the Mac OS X v10.6.2 Update or later.
I had totally forgotten RSS feeds were in Mail for a minute, but sure enough, they were, right alongside to-do items.
Apple Marina Bay Sands ⇢
Apple’s newest store is breathtaking:
The rumours are indeed true! Apple Marina Bay Sands, the first Apple store in the world that floats on the water, is opening soon in Singapore.#AppleMarinaBaySands #Singapore #SingapoRediscovers #cityscape #architecture @Apple @marinabaysands @AP_Magazine @GettyImages pic.twitter.com/Awbgzo2qtO
— Javan Ng (@javanng) August 24, 2020
According to Michael Steeber, this is the first Apple Store to be built with a spherical design, and the first to be set above a body of water. He’s got additional photos on Twitter
Heres’s the store’s boardwalk and mall entrance, decorated. Photos by coapplemarinabaysands on Instagram https://t.co/9ZGyKFcpWk pic.twitter.com/74CkubV2aX
— Michael Steeber (@MichaelSteeber) August 24, 2020
Mac Power Users #550: The World of RSS ⇢
RSS can bring news, blog posts and even podcasts to you, without needing to visit a bunch of different website. This week, Stephen and David talk about the rise of numerous RSS services and apps they’ve seen over the last few years, and share how this web technology makes their lives better.
On More Power Users, the members-only extended, ad-free show, I talked David through my Stream Deck setup. I’ve been totally converted to this way of life.
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Matt Mullenweg: Apple Wants 30% of In-App Purchases That Don’t Exist [Updated] ⇢
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.
This is either a pretty ill-timed mistake from Apple, or whatever is going on with the App Store folks over there is way more out of hand than we knew. I hope it is the former, but given the incidents of the last few weeks, I think it’s harder than ever to give Apple the benefit of the doubt here.
Update: It seems that WordPress app did run afoul of the rules. Juli Clover:
As it turns out, the WordPress app was in violation of Apple’s App Store policies because there were references to upgrading to paid plans within the app’s help system that linked to the WordPress plan option on the web, something which was not made clear when reports about the WordPress app being forced to implement in-app purchases came out.
Apple’s rules around this are still bad, but thankfully the WordPress situation wasn’t as terrible as it seemed.
TextExpander ⇢
My thanks to TextExpander for sponsoring the site this week. It lets you insert text snippets in any application from a library of content created by you and your team — on all of your devices.
Amazing Bugs in Microsoft Flight Simulator ⇢
Don’t get me wrong; Microsoft Flight Simulator looks amazing, but some of these bugs are hilarious.
Connected #308: Wocka Wocka; dingdingdingding ⇢
Beats is being slowly absorbed by Apple Music, iOS 14 Beta 5 is here and Apple’s battle with Epic keeps heating up. Also: Stephen edited something very special and Myke is glad to never talk about Greengate ever again.
On Connected Pro, Relay FM forms an HR Department and I had a fight with my new cable modem.
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‘About Apple Music’
I’ve long been interested in Apple’s boilerplate press release text, and as it turns out, Apple Music releases have their own blurb:
Apple loves music. With iPod and iTunes, Apple revolutionized the music experience by putting a thousand songs in your pocket. Today, Apple Music takes this to the ultimate with over 60 million songs, thousands of playlists, and daily selections from the world’s best music experts, including all of the artists and hosts broadcasting daily across its Apple Music 1, Apple Music Hits, and Apple Music Country global live streams. Since 2015, Apple Music has welcomed tens of millions of subscribers in 167 countries. Streaming seamlessly to iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch, Apple TV, Mac, HomePod, and CarPlay, Apple Music is the most complete music experience on the planet.
I’m a little surprised the iPod shows up here. Long live the Touch!
Apple Hits $2 Trillion in Market Value ⇢
I don’t really care much about this sort of story, but it is wild to think about how far the company has come since the dark days.
2020 Relay FM Podcastathon for St. Jude ⇢
On September 18, from 2-8 PM Eastern, Myke Hurley and I will be hosting the second annual Podcastathon for St. Jude, raising money for an amazing institution that treats children without their families ability to pay.
That work begins today. We’d love to have you join us in raising $315,000 for St. Jude. The Relay FM community really rallied around this last year, and I think 2020’s campaign will be even better.
Kbase Article of the Week: Mac OS X Server 10.2: Server Assistant Stops Responding While Setting Up Server ⇢
Mac OS X Server 10.2 Server Assistant may stop responding (“hang” or “freeze”) when setting up your server if TCP/IP is not enabled on the built-in Ethernet port.
The fix:
Enable TCP/IP on the built-in Ethernet port while setting up Mac OS X Server 10.2. It is not required that an Ethernet cable actually be connected to the port, so long as TCP/IP is enabled on it.
Apple Threatens to Remove Epic from Apple Developer Program by August 28 ⇢
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.
Epic has filed for a preliminary injunction against Apple, asking the court to stop the company from cutting it off. Epic says it will be “irreparably harmed long before final judgment comes” if it does not obtain the injunction. “Apple’s actions will irreparably damage Epic’s reputation among Fortnite users and be catastrophic for the future of the separate Unreal Engine business,” Epic writes. Epic also asks for Fortnite — with its lowered prices and alternate payment option — to be returned to the App Store.
A lot of people thinks that this will enough for Epic to come back to the App Store, but it also feels like Apple is dumping fuel on the antitrust fire here.