Winner’s Circle

Bill Hadden was the Lucky winner of a one year subscription to Apple TV+ drawn for at our February General Meeting.  Congratulations to Bill! Contents  

New Members

Nicola CooperVito DunfordJoanne HolmesIrene KhuranaKathy Gilbey Shelagh Levey - returning member Contents  

Swift Playgrounds Now Available for the Mac

JOSH CENTERS 17 February 2020No comments   Apple introduced Swift Playgrounds in 2016 as an iPad-only app that provided a friendly way to learn the Swift programming language (see “Playing Around with Swift on the iPad,” 13 June 2016). Apple has now made Swift...

One Switch: My New Must-Have Mac Utility

JOSH CENTERS 5 February 202015 comments Over the past eight years of writing for TidBITS (wow, that long?), I’ve never tried an app and immediately thought, “Everyone needs to be using this!” Until now. I recently spotted an app called One Switch in Setapp with this...

Why Is the Apple TV Constantly Advertising at Us?

JOSH CENTERS 16 January 202010 comments   The Apple TV app on the Apple TV is currently the bane of my existence. In theory, it should be a tidy way to manage everything you watch, bringing together content from Apple, Disney+, HBO, Hulu, and other streaming services...