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It is Hater Week over at Aftermath, and Chris Person wrote a banger of a rant about Adobe: It’s one thing to hate software, but that hate takes on new dimensions when you have to use it for your job. To choose software and have it fail is unfortunate; to be chained to it for […]⌥ Permalink

Apple (Hacker News): Apple today announced Apple Upgrade, a new product leasing program provided by Klarna for iPhone, Apple Watch, Mac, and iPad available on the Apple Store online, in the Apple Store app, and at Apple Store locations in the United States. […] Apple Upgrade offers 12- and 24-month leasing options for iPhone and […]

Juli Clover (release notes, security, enterprise, developer, full installer, IPSW): According to Apple’s release notes for the update, macOS Tahoe 26.6 includes security fixes for the Mac and it optimizes Spotlight for the release of macOS 27. Mr. Macintosh: Additionally a fix addressed where some notifications incorrectly displayed deprecation notices for some apps identified as […]

Marcus Mendes: Following the rollout of no less than seven Release Candidates, Apple has now finally released macOS Sonoma 14.8.8 and macOS Sequoia 15.7.8 officially. macOS 15.7.8 (security, full installer): This update provides important security fixes and is recommended for all users. macOS 14.8.8 (security, full installer): This update provides important security fixes and is […]

Juli Clover (iOS/iPadOS release notes, security, enterprise, developer): iOS 26.6 and iPadOS 26.6 include security fixes for the iPhone and iPad. The updates also optimize the Spotlight index in preparation for iOS 27 and iPadOS 27. There are a lot of security fixes. Rosyna Keller: Yay, iOS 26.6 is out. And it fixes a privacy […]

Juli Clover (release notes, security, developer): According to Apple’s release notes, watchOS 26.6 includes unspecified bug fixes and security updates. Previously: watchOS 26.5

Juli Clover (no release notes, security, developer): No new features were found in tvOS 26.6 during the beta testing period, so it likely focuses on bug fixes and performance improvements. Previously: tvOS 26.5

Ryan Christoffel (no release notes): But beyond under-the-hood changes, you won’t find new features in these updates. It still doesn’t play all my purchased music. Previously: audioOS 26.5 HomePod Late Adopter

Juli Clover (release notes, security, no enterprise, developer): Apple’s release notes say that visionOS 26.6 includes bug fixes and security improvements in addition to optimizing the Spotlight index for the upcoming visionOS 27 launch. Previously: visionOS 26.5

EagleFiler 1.9.21 is a maintenance release of my Mac digital filing cabinet and e-mail archiving app. It can now capture the selected messages from MailMaven, including all their metadata, and can link back to the original message. The capture key now works with the Helium browser, and importing from Mariner Paperless and Microsoft Outlook is […]

SmallCubed: AppleScript support makes it possible to automate message processing and connect Maven with other applications such as Hookmark, EagleFiler, Filemaker, and DEVONthink. Almost anything you normally do by interacting with MailMaven’s interface, such as searching for messages, tagging, filing, flagging, and composing, can now be automated. […] AppleScript makes it possible to control Maven […]

Joe Rossignol (PDF): The complaint alleges that Apple violated California’s Consumers Legal Remedies Act and other laws by failing to adequately review and monitor apps distributed through the App Store, despite marketing it as “a safe and trusted place to discover and download apps.” Due to these assurances in Apple’s marketing, the complaint said the […]

My latest typewriter interview is with cartoonist James Kochalka. It’s fun and light and exactly like his comics. James has long been an inspiration to me — in the P.S. I mention that James’ sketchbook comic American Elf was on my list of 7 books that helped me learn from my kids. I learned from […]

Maddy Varner, Wired: Over the weekend, people were surprised to discover that some Anthropic Claude chats could be easily found via web search. The issue, which appears to have been first flagged by a redditor, exposed chats that included people asking for advice about what political party they should join, whether attorneys in Kansas are […]⌥ Permalink

I recently found this quote by Anni Albers:

Being creative is not so much the desire to do something as the listening to that which wants to be done: the dictation of the materials

This speaks to my heart because it’s the way I see photography, so I couldn’t resist adapting it to our art:

Photography is not so much the desire to photograph something as the listening to that which wants to be photographed: the dictation of the light and the scene

A new this.how page for RSS.chat. I'll point to it from blog posts.

San Francisco, July 2024.

The latest Ghost in the Shell anime adaptation is just what I needed: goofy, old-school storytelling and animation. Gorgeous! 😍