Im at home suffering from some terrible sinus failure, but the show must go on:
This week Myke and Federico share a potpourri of topics including Flexbright, malware creeping in to BitTorrent clients, Workflow, and rich text. Federico then covers the current state of text editors on iOS.
Mashable has a photo gallery up of progress being made on Apple’s new campus in Cupertino. At the center of the piece is an update on the company’s new theatre:
The 120,000-square-foot Theatre, with a capacity of 1,000 seats, is a subterranean auditorium, but that’s not to say it doesn’t make a statement from the outside.
Designed by U.K.-based architect firm Foster+Partner, the cylinder-shaped lobby can be seen at ground level and doesn’t have any columns. Instead, the space is open, encased by glass and will have stairs down to the event hall.
Apple’s SVP of software engineering, in The Washington Post:
Security is an endless race — one that you can lead but never decisively win. Yesterday’s best defenses cannot fend off the attacks of today or tomorrow. Software innovations of the future will depend on the foundation of strong device security. We cannot afford to fall behind those who would exploit technology in order to cause chaos. To slow our pace, or reverse our progress, puts everyone at risk.
Kirk McElhearn has put together a pretty comprehensive timeline of major user-facing features Apple has added to OS X over its lifetime.
I can’t believe I didn’t think about this during the recent certificate issues with the Mac App Store, but here’s TidBITS’ Josh Centers:
The Apple Worldwide Developer Relations Intermediate Certificate is required for all apps in the Mac App Store, including OS X installers. When used to sign an app, the certificate enables OS X to confirm that the app has not been corrupted or modified by an attacker. This certificate expired on 14 February 2016, causing error dialogs and preventing some apps from launching. Most apps affected have already been updated with the new certificate. But if you downloaded an OS X installer in case of trouble, you may be in for a surprise the next time you try to use it.
If you’re building a book in iBooks Author, did you know you can preview it live on an iPad? It’s true:
You can preview your entire book or just a chapter in iBooks for iPad or Mac. To preview your book, you need to install the latest version of iBooks.
Well, this is just sad. I went to erase a hard drive tonight and noticed something in OS X El Capitan’s new version of Disk Utility:
Here’s what the Erase sheet says:
Erasing “Time Machine” will destroy of all the data stored on it. Enter a name, choose a format.
In addition to the text being so brief it feels incomplete, it has two grammatical errors:
While this may seem silly, it’s this attention to detail stuff that worries me about Apple software.
This week on Connected, Myke and Federico console me over the Mac mini before we discuss Siri and the next version of iOS.
My thanks to our sponsors this week:
Right, American astronaut Scott Kelly is on his way back to Earth after 340 days on the International Space Station. NASA’s put together a list of 10 things you should know about the mission. It’s one hell of an achievement.
A couple of weeks ago, this happened on Twitter:
While I’m pretty meh on his new album, Kanye’s tweets did remind of an Apple event and initiative that feels older than it really is.
In January 2012, in New York City, Apple held a small event to discuss textbooks and the iPad.
Apple built the case that American students are falling behind due to a wide range of challenges that the lack of modern tools and technology could address. In a world of laptops and smart phones at home, the classroom felt out of date, according to the company. Student engagement, Phil Schiller said, was an area that Apple could help with using its products.
Mark Gurman reported last week that Apple’s next 9.7-inch iPad won’t be an “iPad Air 3,” but a smaller “iPad Pro,” complete with Pencil and Smart Keyboard support.
I tend to think the iPad name change is accurate. Looking at the Mac the line, it’s not hard to imagine the Air name going away anyway, but more importantly, bringing the Keyboard and Pencil to the 9.7-inch form factor down the line will give developers incentive to support the accessories and may help move people with older devices to purchase a new iPad.
On this episode of Liftoff, Jason and I pick our favorite solar system moons in an action-packed draft.
Yes, really.
My thanks to our sponsor this week, Luminos, which is a fantastic astronomy app, 10 years in the making.