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Sometimes, They Find You⇢
Charlie Harrington, writing about looking for an Apple IIe:
I set a few auctions to my watch-list, and then laced on my sneakers for our morning run. Not one block away from our house did I spot something: a yellowed plastic box amid a pile of trash. No. It couldn’t be. I stopped, and went back to the trash.
It was an Apple IIe. With its CRT monitor. And a dual floppy drive.
Connected #294: Software, Firmware, Situation, Update⇢
Stephen’s iPhone screen is turning green. Myke turns down the opportunity to host a Round Robin of weird WWDC predictions, then Federico tries to answer a Zoom call. Then, a discussion of the rumored AirPods Studio and file formats within DEVONthink.
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Becky Hansmeyer’s WWDC Wishlist⇢
As of today, Apple’s first-ever online-only version of WWDC is 40(!) days away. As always, I’m incredibly excited to see what Apple has in store for us (although I must say, I’m really disappointed we don’t all get the chance to own a WWDC 2020 jacket and pin set…).
I’m not a developer, but that SwiftUI list looks like it has some pretty basic things in it I would have assumed the system already had present. I bet we hear a lot more about SwiftUI this year.
"30 Years of TidBITS"⇢
I really enjoyed this interview by John Gruber of Adam Engst. It was fascinating to hear how TidBITS got started and has evolved over the years.
Video: What’s in my Tech Bag (2020 Update)⇢
It’s been a few years since I did one of these, and I was surprised at how much has changed.
Kbase Article of the Week: Apple RAID: Maximum Block Size is 512 Bytes⇢
Apple Support, in an ancient article:
After initializing a hard disk with a 4096 byte block size using FWB Hard Disk Took kit, I could not initialize the volume with Apple RAID 1.5 because the block size was greater than 512 bytes.
Apple RAID does not support these drives, as 512 is the standard maximum for block sizes. It will allow you to format them, but that’s all. No volumes, no mounts, no driver support. This is as designed.
Apple Books for Authors⇢
Apple has a new site up touting its Books store and a bunch of apps that make writing and designing a book easier for do-it-yourself types.
I used iBooks Author for Aqua and Bondi, and it was a bit of a nightmare, so I’m glad to see Pages and other apps highlighted here as well.
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Mac Power Users #535: State of the Platform: Apple Services⇢
From iCloud to Apple TV+, Apple’s range of services is broader then ever, but how do they all stack up? Is this shift to services changed how users should view the company?
It’s amazing just how many services Apple offers these days. It was fun to go through them with David.
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Relay FM: Moving Forward⇢
Yesterday, Myke and I published an open letter of sorts, outlining some changes we are making in the business:
As the global pandemic unfolds, no business is unaffected. Understandably, many companies are freezing their marketing budgets. This means that advertising-supported businesses, including Relay FM, need to adapt. That’s why, over the next months, you’ll see us focus much more on creating new content for our loyal listeners.
We introduced the Relay FM membership program a few years ago, as a way of letting listeners support their favorite shows directly.