This is going to be great. I’ve had a lot of issues with Flux on my iMac:
Night Shift preference for automatically shifting the colors of your display to the warmer end of the spectrum after dark.
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Connected #126: iPhone ∞⇢
This week on Connected, Federico’s back, I am the Mac mini Spokesperson and Myke needs to buy some stuff.
- Smile: The PDFpen Family of apps lets you take control of PDFs on all you devices.
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Video: Q&A/Studio Tour⇢
Yesterday, I sat down for a little Q&A time and finally got to show off my new studio:
Same As It Ever Was?
I think at the core of a lot of the angst felt in the Mac community right now is the realization that the Mac is no longer the crown jewel of Apple’s product lines.
Of course, this isn’t new. The iPhone took over the grunt work of being Apple’s cash cow years ago.
With that in mind, consider how Apple introduced the iMac G5:
Even the product video opens with shots of an iPod, not the new iMac:
The Unicorn iPhone
Over the weekend, a story broke that Apple is working create a next-generation version of Touch ID. At the bottom of the story about it on MacRumors, this paragraph appears:
Kuo’s latest report builds on previous predictions regarding this year’s “10th anniversary” iPhone, which is expected to feature a radical redesign with an embedded home button in an edge-to-edge display, a glass body, and potentially wireless charging. Previous rumors suggesting the iPhone 8 could include advanced biometric features like facial recognition or iris scanning have pointed to the possibility that they could also power augmented reality camera functions.
RSS Sponsor: StickerBook for iMessage⇢
StickerBook is an iMessage app that lets you turn any image into a reusable sticker in iMessage. It is great for sending cute pictures of your kids — or really old Macs — to all of your friends.
StickerBook can add images from almost anywhere. You can add from your photo library, your camera, any system document provider (like iCloud Drive), or even the clipboard.
You can also add a sticker from any app that allows sharing an image with the standard share sheet.
Samsung Breaks Silence on Note 7 Battery Failure⇢
For those who want to get a bit nerdy, here’s what Samsung says was wrong with each battery. For the first battery, Samsung says a design flaw in the upper right corner of the battery made the electrodes prone to bend and, in some cases, led to a breakdown in the separation between positive and negative tabs, causing a short circuit.
With the second battery, which came from a separate supplier, Samsung believes there was nothing wrong with the design itself, but says a manufacturing issue led to a welding defect that prompted that battery to also shortcircuit and ignite.
Viva Amiga⇢
The Amiga is a very interesting story in computer history, and one I don’t know enough about. I’m looking forward to checking out this documentary. via MacRumors
Obama’s Space Legacy⇢
Loren Grush, writing at The Verge, on the mark Obama left on NASA:
In the space community, Obama will undoubtedly be heralded for focusing on stronger partnerships with the private sector. And Obama has made a big commitment to NASA’s Earth Science programs, as well as the agency’s investments in technology development.
But not all of Obama’s decisions for NASA have been met with praise. The Space Shuttle program ended during his administration, and the US has had no way of sending people to space without cooperation from Russia. And NASA has gone through a pivotal transformation in recent years, as a result of Obama. The president shifted NASA’s focus from a return to the Moon to a human mission to Mars.
Qualcomm vs. Everybody
Earlier this week, the United States Federal Trade Commission claimed that chip giant Qualcomm forced Apple into using its LTE chipsets, as Aaron Tilley writes at Forbes:
Qualcomm is the dominant supplier of modem chips that enable phones to hook up to cellular networks, but the company also extracts licensing fees for nearly every modern phone in the world. The agency’s complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court in the Northern District of California, said the San Diego-based chipmaker used its dominant position to maintain an illegal monopoly over its phone partners like Apple.
The Joyous Work⇢
All of us, regardless of party, should throw ourselves into that work — the joyous work of citizenship. Not just when there’s an election, not just when our own narrow interest is at stake, but over the full span of a lifetime.
I’ll be right there with you every step of the way.
And when the arc of progress seems slow, remember: America is not the project of any one person. The single most powerful word in our democracy is the word ‘We.’ ‘We the People.’ ‘We shall overcome.’
Video: The Power Mac G4 Cube⇢
Introduced in 2000, the Power Mac G4 Cube is still one of the most distinctive Macs ever sold: