Adi Robertson has been following the Epic v. Apple case for The Verge, and has a great Twitter thread on what today’s ruling means.
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All M1 iMacs Headed to Apple Stores⇢
Finally, people will be able to walk in and buy an orange iMac. 2021 is looking up after all.
Pull Up Your COVID Vaccination Card with Shortcuts⇢
Matt VanOrmer has written a simple, fast way to quickly show a photo of your vaccination card.
Connected #362: The Rickies (September 2021)⇢
Apple will be California Streaming,
so the Connected guys are dreaming
of sweet, sweet victories
in the September ‘21 Rickies.
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Inspiration4 Crew to Use Apple Hardware for Health Study in Orbit⇢
Zac Hall, writing at Space Explored:
SpaceX is flying four private citizens to orbit on a three-day mission called Inspiration4, and Apple hardware will be key in a first-of-its-kind research study happening during the flight. These products include Apple Watch Series 6, iPhone 12 Pro, and iPad mini 4, as selected by SpaceX.
Shift4 Payments founder Jared Isaacman is funding the private spaceflight for four through Elon Musk’s space exploration company. Inspiration4 is also the center of a fundraising campaign to raise $200 million for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and the effort to cure childhood cancer.
Liftoff #158: A Bad Roommate⇢
On the new episode of Liftoff, it’s a real roller coaster, except for the Astra rocket that went … sideway off the pad. Other stories include Inspiration4, the James Webb Space Telescope and dual-core stars.
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Next Week is Going to be Fun
Kbase Articles of the Week: Mac OS X 10.3, iDisk: Local iDisk Sync Issues, Some Folders May Appear Empty⇢
Every 72 hours after you start up or restart your computer, a routine maintenance task (or “cron job”) runs that can affect iDisk. If you have selected the “Create a local copy of your iDisk” option in .Mac preferences and cannot sync after your computer has been on for three or more days, download and install the Mac OS X 10.3.1 Update or later.
Similarly, if the Backup, Library, or Software folders of your iDisk appear to be empty, download and install the Mac OS X 10.3.1 Update or later.
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Mac Power Users #604: Workflows with Jay Miller⇢
This week on MPU, David hung out with Jay Miller, who shared some knowledge about the best workflows for video meetings, getting more out of the emerging Craft app and even more uses for a Mac mini.
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Fission Leaves the Mac App Store⇢
Paul Kafasis, writing on the Rogue Amoeba blog:
For almost twenty years, we’ve sold our software directly to our customers via our online store. Our fast and secure purchase process has served our customers very well. Since the Mac App Store opened in 2011, we’ve also experimented there. However, despite a decade of feedback from countless developers and users, Apple has made scant few changes and the store remains beset with issues. When you couple the many shortcomings and issues with Apple’s restrictive polices that preclude most of our software from appearing there, the Mac App Store is clearly a poor fit for us. With the removal of Fission, we no longer have any products in the Mac App Store.
Reminders Due for Big Update⇢
As The One True John has written up over at MacStories, Reminders is getting a big overhaul with macOS Monterey and iOS 15. Like Notes before it, Reminders is becoming a powerful application for those who want more than just the basics.
I’m all for it; I think these additions are just fantastic. I really just have one last low-hanging fruit: I’d like the app to be able to show a badge for tasks due Today and not just Overdue ones.