MacTalk February 2023 ADAM ENGST 11 January 202350 comments iPhones and iPads Now Require a Passcode on Every Backup/Sync Back in late October 2022, annoyed reports started to appear on TidBITS Talk complaining that connecting an iPhone or iPad to a Mac to back up or...
MacTalk December 2022 ADAM ENGST 11 November 202233 comments Apple Says More about Emergency SOS via Satellite Technology One of the most intriguing aspects of the iPhone 14 announcement was Apple’s presentation about the forthcoming Emergency SOS via satellite...
MacTalk October 2022 GLENN FLEISHMAN 7 October 202229 comments An Apple a Day: iOS 16 Medications Feature Provides Alerts, Logging, and Peace of Mind I confess that I was amused and appalled by the massive pile of pills my grandfather had to take when I was a child....
MacTalk November 2022 ADAM ENGST 27 October 202214 comments Messages Becomes More Flexible and Forgiving of Mistakes For an app that’s so heavily used, Messages has long lacked some features commonplace in competing apps. No longer! In the latest versions of...
MacTalk November 2022 ADAM ENGST 27 October 202218 comments Preview in Ventura Drops Support for PostScript and Encapsulated PostScript Files In a somewhat disappointing development, Apple has dropped support for PostScript and Encapsulated PostScript files in...