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What the HEIC? Apple’s Highly Compressed Image Format Still Confuses
GLENN FLEISHMAN 26 June 20208 comments What the HEIC? Apple’s Highly Compressed Image Format Still Confuses To store more photos and videos on a mobile device, you can either buy more storage or increase image compression. Apple has enabled both paths. It expanded...
Macs Make the Move to ARM with Apple Silicon
ADAM ENGST 22 June 202076 comments Macs Make the Move to ARM with Apple Silicon In the WWDC 2020 keynote, Apple finally put the rumors of a Mac processor transition to bed with the announcement that indeed, Apple is designing ARM-based chips expressly for future...
How to Request Access to a Deceased Family Member’s Apple Accounts
ADAM ENGST 17 June 20205 comments How to Request Access to a Deceased Family Member’s Apple Accounts Of those two guarantees in life, death and taxes, death has dominated the headlines this year. While taxes in some parts of the world were delayed, 500,000 people...
How to Report Bugs to Apple So They Get Fixed
DAVID SHAYER 17 June 202026 comments How to Report Bugs to Apple So They Get Fixed WWDC has come and gone and left in its wake a slew of new operating system betas—macOS 11 Big Sur, iOS 14, iPadOS 14, watchOS 7, and tvOS 14. If you’re feeling brave and want to...
BitBar Lets You Put Anything in Your Mac’s Menu Bar
JOSH CENTERS 12 June 202016 comments BitBar Lets You Put Anything in Your Mac’s Menu Bar There are all sorts of apps that add various capabilities to your Mac’s menu bar, but I’ve stumbled across one that can add literally anything to the menu bar through a plug-in...
Big Sur Makes Changes to Many Apple Apps and Basic Features
GLENN FLEISHMAN 22 June 20206 comments Big Sur Makes Changes to Many Apple Apps and Basic Features macOS will have a different overall look and feel in Big Sur (see “Apple Takes macOS to Big Sur… and to 11,” 22 June 2020), but Apple hasn’t ignored its key apps. Maps...
Beware! iCloud Backups Deleted after 180 Days
ADAM ENGST 11 June 202036 comments Beware! iCloud Backups Deleted after 180 Days TidBITS reader Walter Ian Kaye had a simple question: “Did you know Apple deletes iCloud backups over 180 days old? I didn’t. 😭” I’m always bemused when I discover myself adopting one of...