Last week’s big tech news—the worldwide PC outage caused by CrowdStrike—affected Apple users only indirectly, but could it happen to Macs or other Apple devices? Adam Engst ponders what Apple users and the tech world…
Public betas of this year’s crop of Apple operating systems—macOS 15 Sequoia, iOS 18, iPadOS 18, watchOS 11, tvOS 18, and visionOS 2—have just dropped. Can your Apple gear upgrade? If it can, will all…
Generative AI features prominently in this issue. First, Adam Engst links to his Command Control Power podcast discussion that segued from Apple Intelligence to deeper questions surrounding AI. Then, to provide an alternative perspective to…
Curious about the security, privacy, and safety issues surrounding Apple Intelligence? TidBITS security editor and cloud computing expert Rich Mogull explains how Apple Intelligence achieves industry-leading security, privacy, and safety for AI. Adam Engst looks…
This week’s issue straddles the virtual and physical worlds. Michael Cohen rejoins us to report on his tour through the Art Authority Museum, an immersive art experience on the Vision Pro. Returning to the real…
This week’s feature article examines Apple Intelligence, the collection of AI-based features the company unveiled at WWDC and plans to roll out slowly throughout the next year. We also look at Apple’s quiet announcement that…
Apple’s WWDC announcements will dominate this week’s tech news, and with good reason: the company unveiled a slew of new features and Apple Intelligence, a collection of AI-driven capabilities that will appear over the course…
Have you ever received a two-factor authentication code in Messages you didn’t request? That’s a red flag because it could indicate that an attacker has partially compromised one of your accounts. Adam Engst explains what…
For this week’s anchor article, Adam Engst examines productive uses for generative AI chatbots and artbots, providing real-world suggestions and advice on identifying other appropriate uses. Adam also discovers that iPhones being used for Continuity…
The Internet was in a twist late last week, first as reports surfaced about iOS 17.5 bringing back deleted photos and then as an awkward opt-out provision of Slack’s AI privacy principles was taken out…
The big news for this issue is Apple’s release of new 11-inch and 13-inch iPad Air and iPad Pro models, plus the new Apple Pencil Pro and redesigned Magic Keyboard for iPad Pro. We have…
Apple reported Q2 2024 earnings last week, and while the company still brought in revenues of $90.8 billion and profits of $23.6 billion, those revenues were down 4% compared to last year. Michael Cohen examines…
Get ready for new iPads at Apple’s “Let Loose” event on 7 May 2024—it’s about time. In the wake of the death of Take Control author Charles Edge, Adam Engst offers a brief guide to…
It is with great sadness that we report the passing of Take Control of OS X Server author Charles Edge, who was a well-known member of the Mac admin community. Glenn Fleishman joins us this…
This issue marks TidBITS’s 34th anniversary, so Adam Engst shares some stats and thoughts about where TidBITS is now, along with some additional Mac app discounts for TidBITS members. Apple has finally shown a little…