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What Should Apple Users Take Away from the CrowdStrike Debacle?
MacTalkAugust 2024ADAM ENGST 22 July 202451 comments What Should Apple Users Take Away from the CrowdStrike Debacle? In the New York Times coverage of the CrowdStrike update bug that wreaked havoc starting last Friday, there’s a lovely deadpan line eleven...
Steve Jobs’s Predictions from the 1983 International Design Conference
MacTalkAugust 2024ADAM ENGST 19 July 20242 comments Steve Jobs’s Predictions from the 1983 International Design Conference The Steve Jobs Archive has unveiled a new digital exhibit, “The Objects of Our Life,” that features exclusive footage of the 28-year-old Jobs at...
Don’t toss your Apple Watch away if you get a hard fall warning, like Steven Spielberg did
MacTalkAugust 2024 Don't toss your Apple Watch away if you get a hard fall warning, like Steven Spielberg did Charles Martin | Jun 16, 2024 Pressing the onscreen "X" will cancel any sort of false alarm on the Apple Watch. Last updated 1 month ago Director Steven...
How to brainstorm and mind-map in Freeform
MacTalkAugust 2024 How to brainstorm and mind-map in Freeform Charles Martin | Jun 20, 2024 Apple's included Freeform app is a versatile tool for note-taking, doodles, collaborative planning, and much more. Here's how to use it as a mind-mapping tool for visualizing...
How Apple Intelligence Sets a New Bar for AI Security, Privacy, and Safety
MacTalkAugust 2024RICH MOGULL 1 July 202411 comments How Apple Intelligence Sets a New Bar for AI Security, Privacy, and Safety Everyone expected Apple’s announcement of Apple Intelligence, but the details on security, privacy, and safety still came as a (welcome)...
Apple Explains How to Identify Social Engineering Attacks
MacTalkAugust 2024ADAM ENGST 15 July 2024No comments Apple Explains How to Identify Social Engineering Attacks In a notable update to a support document explaining how to recognize and avoid scams, Apple writes: Social engineering is a type of targeted attack that...
ICQ 1996-2024: The first universal messenger had a good run, and is leaving us soon
MacTalkMay 2024 ICQ 1996-2024: The first universal messenger had a good run, and is leaving us soon Charles Martin | May 25, 2024 Owner Mail.ru's announcement that the messaging program is being discontinued While you probably haven't thought about it in years, the...
How to look up your App Store purchase history
MacTalkMay 2024 How to look up your App Store purchase history Charles Martin | May 21, 2024 Viewing your purchase history on an iPhone Being able to look up your past purchases on Apple's App Store can help you recover an app you accidentally deleted, or spot a...
Reacting to Unsolicited Two-Factor Authentication Codes
MacTalkMay 2024 ADAM ENGST 31 May 202411 comments Reacting to Unsolicited Two-Factor Authentication Codes I have long encouraged the use of two-factor authentication (2FA) or two-step verification (2SV) with online accounts whenever possible (for more about the...