If you use the official Twitter Mac application, it may be storing a metric poopton of cache files. Dave Hamilton walks through how to fix it.
Seriously though, you should probably just use Tweetbot for Mac like a grownup.
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Apple launches iPhone 5 Sleep/Wake Button Replacement Program⇢
Apple:
Apple has determined that the sleep/wake button mechanism on a small percentage of iPhone 5 models may stop working or work intermittently. iPhone 5 models manufactured through March 2013 may be affected by this issue.
Apple will replace the sleep/wake button mechanism, free of charge, on iPhone 5 models that exhibit this issue and have a qualifying serial number.
Good on Apple — it seems that a lot of people I know have run in to this issue. Taking care of people out of the warranty period is the right thing to do.
On the Past, Present and Future of Apple’s Aqua User Interface
Building a new operating system is a monumental challenge, and in January 2000 when Aqua was introduced, Apple was in the thick of the transition to OS X.
Beyond the staggering amount of development work taking place to smash Mac OS and NeXTSTEP together, Apple was hard at work on the user interface of OS X. But to understand what OS X would become (and how it would look), it’s important to remember where the company had been before.
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MacStories 4.0⇢
Federico Viticci:
For MacStories 4.0, we wanted to get back to basics. We deleted the old design and codebase and decided to focus on what, ultimately, readers come to MacStories for: reading articles.
We realized very early on that our readers don’t need to see dozens of boxes or widgets in a sidebar, nor do they want to deal with multiple toolbars, menus, or guessing RSS feeds on their own. Readers want a readable article, not an article hidden somewhere in a cluttered sea of stuff. We redesigned MacStories with the idea of prioritizing articles over everything else, using a responsive layout to let content take advantage of every screen size.
Apple launches OS X Beta Seed Program⇢
Darrell Etherington at TechCrunch:
Before today, you needed a developer account to help test Apple’s upcoming software releases before they hit the general user population. You didn’t need to actually develop anything, but it would still cost you $99 per year to partake, and technically it was still sort of against the rules. Today, Apple introduced its OS X Beta Seed Program to make pre-release Mac operating system software available to all who want to help try it out.
1Password 4.5 released⇢
David Chartier:
One could say we’ve been busy these last couple of months, but that would only be the half of it. We have two great releases today that are packed with so much stuff, we had to cut down on our What’s New text just to fit it within the App Store requirements.
1Password 4.5 for iOS beings lots of features, including an overhauled — and flattened — UI, AirDrop support, the ability to create multiple vaults and more.
On Apple and Nike⇢
Ben Thompson:
What kind of company is Apple, anyway?
They certainly have great technology, but to call them a technology company doesn’t seem quite right. They have great marketing, but to call them a marketing company isn’t true either. They have an incredible retail chain, but to call them a retailer is clearly off base as well.
You could ask a similar question about Nike.
With lots of hubbub around Nike and its Fuelband this weekend, Ben’s article is well worth the read.
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Apple’s new environmental page is pretty cool, and I like Tim Cook as narrator.
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