Drag and drop, broken in Sequoia
The problem is in macOS 15, and I find it almost unbelievable that Apple could release new system software with such a glaring problem.
Warren and Apple Intelligence
“Write smarter,” sez the ad. But is this revised e-mail an example of smart writing? I don’t think so.
Background Sounds bug zapped?
The release notes for macOS Sequoia 15.1 make no mention of it, but according to a Reddit user, the update fixes the Background Sounds bug. It sure sounds like it.
Dictating on Apple devices
From Apple: commands for dictating text.
Apple Calendar
Does everyone already know that you can reschedule events in Calendar by moving them with a finger or a mouse?
Apple System Status
A helpful page for Apple users.
”Huh?“
At least I know I’m not alone in thinking it a problem: Why are the right- and left-quotation marks on iOS’s keyboard reversed?
One more kwoi
“Sequoia,” in a 1943 dictionary.
macOS Something
How to pronounce “sequoia”?
Vision Pro Television
A simulacrum within a simulacrum.
A strange Apple spelling glitch
Type “snd” in an app in macOS (14.3.1) or iOS (17.3.1), and the non-word isn’t flagged as a misspelling
An NYT Vision Pro review
“After using the headset for about five days, I’m unconvinced that people will get much value from it”: Brian X. Chen reviews Apple’s Vision Pro.
Kranmar’s Vision Pro
From the maker of Kranmar’s Delicious Mystery Appetizer comes an AR device for the rest of us.
In there and out here
Re: Apple’s Vision Pro: Out here will always be better than in there.
Nuts to dictation
"Not free," not “nut free.”
Mark Hurst on Vision Pro
“The only way for users to see anything is to accept the representation of the world as offered by the corporation’s filters. I don’t know about you, but my grip on reality — incomplete and imperfect as it may be — will not improve by passing through the hidden manipulations of a two-trillion-dollar company with an insatiable need for growth.”
ATTN: Tim Cook
My surroundings already are “an infinite canvas.” I suspect that yours are too.
Whatever became of the Lisa?
Do you remember the Apple Lisa? Do you know what beacame of it? A short film from The Verge: Apple’s Secret Burial.
Look to the tip
Making my Apple Pencil work.
Make Something Wonderful
Steve Jobs in his own words, in speeches, interviews, and correspondence.
When in doubt, check Twitter
Yes, iCloud was down.
Not from The Onion
Steve Wozniak: “I got the new iPhone, and I can’t tell the difference really.” “I got the new watch, I can’t tell the difference.” “I got the new computer. I’ve been so busy I haven't had time to open it.”
Safari 14.0.3 fixes 14.0.1 and .2
The problem with Safari that Mojave users (like me) first noticed in mid-November has been fixed.
“Apple Beige”
“This beige ushered in personal computing, which eventually helped change the world”: Ben Zotto goes in search of “Apple Beige.”
iOS autocorrect and alcohol
Lemonier Lemonier Glamorous Fleming’s Glamorous Lemonade The name I was trying to enter: Glenmorangie. I think that John Gruber is correct: autocorrect is drunk, and it’s only 8:17 in the morning. And it’s gonna stay drunk all day.
Deleting a podcast from iTunes
A chance discovery while tidying up: choosing Delete from Library will not remove a podcast from iTunes.
John Gruber reviews the iPhone XR
“The iPhone XR is everything Apple says it is, and it’s the new iPhone most people should buy.”
R. Sikoryak’s Terms and Conditions
The artist R. Sikoryak has made a graphic novel of the legalese that accompanies iTunes, each page in the style of a different artist. With a Bushmiller page.
The Pale King: “1984 totalitarianisms”
A 1980 conversation about 1984.
Blogger fail
Is your site Apple Watch-responsive?