After Stephen ruins the intro, Federico finally gets around to talking about his second iPad Pro and Myke shares a secret.
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I find it funny when this sort of language is found on a specs page:
The iPhone XR display has rounded corners that follow a beautiful curved design, and these corners are within a standard rectangle. When measured as a standard rectangular shape, the screen is 6.06 inches diagonally (actual viewable area is less).
It’s bugfixes all around. Fingers crossed it really does bring an end to my HomePods forgetting to wake up when someone says “Hey, Siri.”
Mojave 10.14.3 is up too, now:
This update improves the security, stability, and compatibility of your Mac and includes the following enterprise content: When making a file-sharing connection that uses a valid Kerberos TGT to authenticate, users are no longer prompted to enter credentials.
Good news for fellow retro Mac nerds: there is a full mirror of The Macintosh Garden on the Internet Archive.
Every January, I post a Q&A on my channel, and this year, I took some time to walk though my overhead rig:
This week’s episode of Mac Power Users is a real fun one:
John Gruber of Daring Fireball and The Talk Show join David and Stephen for a discussion about writing and podcasting, as well as WWDC and what the future may hold for the iPad and Mac.
I’d like to thank John for being the first guest after the changing of the guard at MPU. It was a great conversation that I really enjoyed. If you haven’t heard MPU in a while, this is a good place to start.
I present two pieces of evidence, just from this week’s news:
This is hard for me. I like my little community on Twitter, but I know it is a hellscape of abuse for many. I use it to promote my work and to talk with my audience, but every time I open my replies, I brace myself for something terrible to be there, waiting for me to see it.
Apple CEO Time Cook, writing at Time:
In 2019, it’s time to stand up for the right to privacy—yours, mine, all of ours. Consumers shouldn’t have to tolerate another year of companies irresponsibly amassing huge user profiles, data breaches that seem out of control and the vanishing ability to control our own digital lives.
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That’s why I and others are calling on the U.S. Congress to pass comprehensive federal privacy legislation—a landmark package of reforms that protect and empower the consumer.
This week on Connected, we are joined by a very special guest:
The boys discuss a bunch of Apple products that may be receiving refreshes after years of neglect, including the iPad mini and iPod touch, then are taught how to edit photos like pros by Tyler Stalman.
Tyler walked us through several great tips for shooting and editing with an iPhone, and shared some about his favorite apps.
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Over on MacStories, I took a look at what may be the single weirdest Mac of all time: the Developer Transition Kit:
An Intel Mac inside a Power Mac G5 body, the Apple Developer Transition Kit (or DTK) was made as a way for developers to work on their x86 applications before the first Intel Mac shipped to customers.
They run $129 and come in black or white:
The iPhone XS model is not compatible with the iPhone X, but all three will work with wireless chargers. Here’s what kind of battery life we can expect from the cases:
Catching up on some news on Liftoff this week:
China has big plans for the moon and SpaceX has a new test vehicle. Oh, and things got weird with Russia.
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