Howard Oakley: The Finder can display more information about files than their size and datestamps, and for some types of file can extend to a lot of useful metadata. These are shown in the Preview pane containing the file’s QuickLook thumbnail, in the Get Info dialog, and some can be added to the columns shown […]

Tim Hardwick (2024): [British consumer group] Which? alleges that the company makes it difficult for customers to use alternative cloud storage providers “by giving its iCloud storage service preferential treatment,” and “‘trapping’ customers with Apple devices into using iCloud.”The consumer group filed the legal action with the Competition Appeal Tribunal, and said it was seeking […]

Mariella Moon: Two authors have filed a lawsuit against Apple, accusing the company of infringing on their copyright by using their books to train its artificial intelligence model without their consent. The plaintiffs, Grady Hendrix and Jennifer Roberson, claimed that Apple used a dataset of pirated copyrighted books that include their works for AI training. […]

John Gruber (Mastodon) has a great post with new details about exactly what’s happening with sharing iPhone Wi-Fi network information in iOS 16.2. In brief, I think this turns the story on its head. The way this has been reported and discussed since November 4 seems to be wrong and almost backwards. First, I want […]

My apps are on sale for Black Friday, and here’s a list of deals that I found and that developers submitted. I’ll add more deals throughout the week as I see them. Apps: Acorn Adobe Creative Cloud Aiko Airfoil (PUMPKINSPICE) AlDente Pro AllTrails Appfigures (BF2550) Astro Audio Hijack (PUMPKINSPICE) Auralog Avalanche BarCuts Beyond Compare Bike […]