Reading List
The most recent articles from a list of feeds I subscribe to.
iOS 18.7.7 and iPadOS 18.7.7
Jason Snell: Last December I complained that Apple was withholding iOS 18 security updates from iPhones capable of running iOS 26, leaving users who didn’t want to upgrade to Apple’s latest OS version yet in some security peril. […] The good news: As of Wednesday April 1, Apple is pushing out iOS 18.7.7 to all […]
Russia Gets Apple to Turn Off App Store Payments
MacRumors (9to5Mac): In a new support document, Apple said new purchases, in-app purchases, and subscription renewals are no longer available in Russia unless a user already has funds in their Apple Account balance, which can continue to be used. […] Apple reportedly took this action in response to an order from the Russian government, which […]
Mobile Web Browsing Benchmarks 2026
Eric Seckler (MacRumors): Today, we are proud to celebrate a major milestone: Android is now the fastest mobile platform for web browsing. Through deep vertical integration across hardware, the Android OS, and the Chrome engine, the latest flagship Android devices are setting new performance records, outperforming all other mobile competitors in the key web performance […]
CloudKit Problems With iOS 26.4
Lukas Kubanek: Looks like Apple broke CloudKit sync in OS 26.4. Remote notifications don’t seem to arrive, so no updates unless the app is relaunched. Sean Heber: There are so many annoying limits and throttles when dealing with iCloud/CloudKit. Now I ran into one where the subscriptions that let you know when content changed are […]
CKSyncEngine
WWDC 2023: Discover how CKSyncEngine can help you sync people’s CloudKit data to iCloud. Learn how you can reduce the amount of code in your app when you let the system handle scheduling for your sync operations. We’ll share how you can automatically benefit from enhanced performance as CloudKit evolves, explore testing for your sync […]