With regard to the recent release of information stating that all M-series chips have a built-in security flaw, should it be a significant enough issue to delay replacement of a perfectly functioning, though out-of-date, mid-2012 MBPr ..read more

While I know the idea of an iPad/iPhone app working at all on an Arm Mac is a lot to ask, I have yet to get the sound working on either of my Arm Macs when using one of those apps. Anyone know how to get audio to work ..read more

I want to use Passkeys as much as possible especially for my Apple ID account. When I go to the App Store on my iPhone to sign in, there is no option to select a passkey option. However, when I want to sign in to my Apple ID account on the website version using a browser, I do have the option to select to use a passkey. See images from both the App Store and Browser Apple ID sign in pages. By the way, I don’t have a passkey setup yet for my Apple ID but when trying to sign in to the App Store on my iPhone then I don’t see anything about setting up passkey. But from Safari I do ..read more

Is there any way to prevent these log in, etc. requests from appearing? I have AdBlock installed. Is there a setting in Safari that can prevent these? Thanks ..read more

Given the time of day for the Apple event, does anyone think it will originate, pre-recorded, from New York ..read more

https://www.apple.com/apple-events/?cid=CDM-US-DM-c01183-M00000 ..read more

https://www.macrumors.com/2024/04/21/apple-reportedly-stops-finewoven-production/ I bet most people are reacting to this news with something like "And good riddance!" I still say Apple executives are being foolish for forsaking leather ..read more

Now, here’s the question. Security experts say that if users who are using the Apple ecosystem and they lose access to one of their Apple devices which the Passkeys are stored in the iCloud Keychain then the Passkeys should be automatically synced or restored to their other Apple devices to gain access to their accounts. But in my case, I only have an iPhone. So this means that I need to go buy another Apple device just to sync my Passkeys to regain access to my Google account and other accounts? This might be a silly question but I’m confused about this in case I do lose access to my iPhone ..read more

and they've sicked the Feds on Apple about that too.quote:One element of the DOJ antitrust lawsuit against Apple addresses iMessage, and Apple’s decision to keep the app exclusive to iPhone. It argues that this is anti-competitive, and attacks the use of green chat bubbles for Android users as creating “social stigma.”quote:“Many non-iPhone users also experience social stigma, exclusion, and blame for ‘breaking’ chats where other participants use iPhones,” the suit reads. It goes on to note that this is particularly powerful for certain demographics, like teenagers, who The Wall Street Jour ..read more

Every time I sign into iCloud with my main primary iPhone with my Apple ID, first, it will ask me to enter my CURRENT iPhone passcode which I use as my main phone. After that, it will ask me for the older iPhone passcodes. How can I remove these other phones from my iCloud account? Are these other devices stored somewhere within my iCloud account on my main iPhone so I can remove them? Or, do I need take action on the old iPhone which I have still have with me and remove devices from there??? I just also set up Security Keys for my Apple ID account from my main primary phone if this has anythi ..read more