Apple PR has responded to this Bloomberg report that says Amazon, Apple and others used servers that were compromised — at the hardware level — by China. Here’s a bit from a pretty unusual press release on Apple’s Newsroom site:
The October 8, 2018 issue of Bloomberg Businessweek incorrectly reports that Apple found “malicious chips” in servers on its network in 2015. As Apple has repeatedly explained to Bloomberg reporters and editors over the past 12 months, there is no truth to these claims.
This week, on a pretty wacky episode of the podcast:
Stephen answered Myke’s PopSocket challenge, and Federico attempts to name all of iOS 12.1’s new emoji.
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John Voorhees, writing at MacStories:
The Hue app received a major update earlier this year, which significantly improved the creation of scenes. Users can pick from pre-built scenes created by designers to evoke a particular mood or create their own using photos or a color picker to control the color and brightness of a group of Hue bulbs.
With the new Siri Shortcut support, those scenes can be triggered using Siri and incorporated as actions in custom shortcuts using Apple’s Shortcuts app.
If your Apple Watch Series 3 or later is near your iPhone or connected to a Wi-Fi network (or a cellular network, for Apple Watch models with cellular), you can stream podcasts from your podcast library to your Apple Watch.
The example podcast is a pretty good one:
September is my favorite month of the year. Here in Memphis, it’s when we get the first teases of autumn, my favorite season. It means the school year is underway and the family is back into the routine. And, of course, it’s a fun month to be an Apple nerd.
It also means I devote a bunch of time talking about St. Jude, as September was National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.
From a Californian satellite and the retirement of the Delta II to Hayabusa and Opportunity updates, it’s been a busy couple of weeks. Plus, a review of Hulu’s The First.
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I love this blog post by Paul Kafasis:
Rogue Amoeba’s 16th birthday is coming up this Sunday, so it seems an appropriate time to take a look back into the past. Join us for a quick tour of the evolution of our in-app License window.
Good software is born out of such attention to detail.
This week on a fun episode of Connected, the world’s greatest podcast:
The guys debate the Mac’s future being tied to the quality of Marzipan apps before sharing their impressions of the iPhone XS Max and the Apple Watch Series 4. Some advice on how to listen to the show correctly is also shared.
New hardware is always an exciting topic. My thanks to our sponsors this week:
macOS Mojave comes with many built-in or downloadable typefaces.
The following fonts are installed and enabled automatically by macOS Mojave. Additional fonts are available for download or as needed by your document or app. New or updated fonts may be added over time.
What’s the difference between Screen Time and Downtime? Is Apple deleting movies from users’ libraries? Those topics, plus homescreen arrangement, the iPhone XR and more.
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Yours truly on The Sweet Setup:
macOS Mojave brings with it several enhancements to the core of the Mac experience: the Finder.
More than just a file system viewer, Finder is the heart of the Mac, giving users access to all of their data, programs, and more. With Mojave, Apple has added some genuinely useful features to what some people may consider a product not worth the time.
Those people, of course, are wrong, and Apple is once again showing its commitment to the Mac.