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Provisioning Profiles in Mac VMs

Quinn: There may be other outstanding issues, but you can now: On a macOS 15 or later host, install macOS 15 or later in a VM.On the guest, log in using an Apple Account in System Settings.And install Xcode.And add your Apple Account to Xcode.And then build and run a Mac app.Even if it uses […]

Overcast Transcripts

Marco Arment (Mastodon): What’s in this beta: Transcripts of most podcasts (swipe on the episode art during playback, it’s a new page past the info screen) Live-scrolling of transcripts during playback Tap to seek on any line of text Music detection All of this should work even with dynamic ad insertion… and even with private/membership […]

Android Sideloading Waiting Period

Ryan Whitwam (Hacker News): With its new limits on sideloading, Android phones will only install apps that come from verified developers. To verify, devs releasing apps outside of Google Play will have to provide identification, upload a copy of their signing keys, and pay a $25 fee. It all seems rather onerous for people who […]

Updates to Vibe Coding Apps Rejected From the App Store

Hartley Charlton: Apple has quietly blocked AI “vibe coding” apps, such as Replit and Vibecode, from releasing App Store updates unless they make changes, The Information reports. […] Apple told The Information that certain vibe coding features breach long-standing App Store rules prohibiting apps from executing code that alters their own functionality or that of […]

MarsEdit 5.4.1

Daniel Jalkut: This update adds support for macOS’s standard “Versions” document history, improves the Share Extension to support sending text to MarsEdit, and includes a number of bug fixes across the rich text and plain text editors. I’m holding off on this update for the moment because I’m seeing a regression viewing and sorting by […]