Joe Rossignol: A new “Select” option in the Messages app on iOS 26 lets you select and copy a portion of text within a message bubble in a conversation.On earlier iOS versions, you can only copy an entire message bubble. Finally. And how about selecting multiple bubbles at once? My other pet peeve is that […]

To maintain anonymity and store zero user data, there is and can be no web app version of ICEBlock. There is and can be no Android version. Only iOS supports the security and privacy features for ICEBlock to offer what it does, the way it does.

David Barnard:

On the podcast I talk with John about the fascinating 40-year history of Apple’s developer relations, how almost going bankrupt in the 1990s shaped today’s control-focused approach, and why we might need an “App Store 3.0” reset.

Yet another fun appearance on a podcast. There’s a good transcript too, if you’re more of a reader than a listener.

Scott Driggers: Here’s what I see from a typical report from a crashing user device. The first thing that jumps out is that there is no explanation from the SwiftData error itself.[…]But thankfully, we have the logs to look through. In this example, there are a few level=Error logs from com.apple.coredata that look promising[…][…]Looking through […]

Apple (9to5Mac, MacRumors): At Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), Apple unveiled Apple Games, an all-new destination designed to help players jump back into the games they love, find their next favorite, and have more fun with friends, turning even single-player games into shared experiences. The Games app makes it easier than ever for players to […]