It’s unusual for customers to get insight into why companies they work with raise prices and how those price hikes work out, but online backup service Backblaze is being highly transparent about the reasoning behind and results of its February price increase. | Continue reading
Updates the JSTOR importing function and parsing of Google Scholar URLs. ($59.99 new, free update, 51.1 MB) | Continue reading
Adds support for MFA, 2FA, and SSO authentication for Office 365 accounts. ($49.99 new, free update, 22.3 MB) | Continue reading
Adds a new menu item for accessing Quicken on the Web and fixes bugs. ($34.99/$49.99/$74.99 annual subscription, free update) | Continue reading
Maintenance release focused on fixes for reported issues. ($49.99 new, free update, 13.7 MB) | Continue reading
Final release of DEVONthink 3.0 after seven betas irons out the rough spots in the evolving upgrade to the information management app. ($99/$149/$499 new, upgrades available, 93.3 MB) | Continue reading
Adds support for macOS 10.15 Catalina, but discontinues support for Transmit Disk. ($45 new, free update, 63.3 MB) | Continue reading
Improves support for Google Cloud Storage and fixes several bugs. (Free, 100 MB) | Continue reading
What better day than Friday the 13th to check that your backups are actually working by restoring some critical files? | Continue reading
Apple has cut $200 from the price tag of its top-of-the-line 1 TB iPad Pro models. Could these and other recent price cuts suggest that Apple is responding to complaints of too-high prices? | Continue reading
Gearing up to buy an iPhone 11 or iPhone 11 Pro? We walk you through all of the different ways you can buy an iPhone from Apple so you don’t have to think too hard during the preorder time before you’re fully awake. | Continue reading
Take a few minutes to watch Apple’s 2-minute supercut video of the iPhone 11 announcement event and you’ll get the opportunity to see an Easter egg message from Apple. | Continue reading
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Apple has updated its entry-level iPad with a larger screen and Smart Keyboard support, making Apple’s best bargain even better. | Continue reading
Apple relieved some media-heightened suspense at its September event by unveiling the debut dates and prices for its Apple Arcade and Apple TV+ services. | Continue reading
Unsurprisingly, Apple introduced an Apple Watch Series 5 at its special event, but no one was expecting its marquee feature, the Always-On Retina display. It also includes a built-in compass and international emergency calling. Ceramic cases are back, and Apple added titanium cas … | Continue reading
Despite saying nothing during its iPhone announcement event, Apple has quietly revealed that iOS 13 will ship on September 19th, with iOS 13.1 following soon after on September 30th. With no other word from Cupertino, Adam Engst makes some guesses about macOS 10.15 Catalina, watc … | Continue reading
Top Apple executives have acknowledged that Apple’s own apps have enjoyed a search ranking advantage in the App Store. Apple says it has adjusted the search algorithm, but the lack of oversight may have already damaged the company. | Continue reading
Rogue Amoeba's sound utility adds preliminary compatibility with macOS 10.15 Catalina. ($29 new, free update, 14.3 MB) | Continue reading
Major upgrade for the email client brings 20 new themes spread across Light and Dark modes and adds capability to add pre-formatted HTML clips. ($29.99 annual subscription, free update for current subscriptions, 58.6 MB) | Continue reading
Have you been wishing you could access Apple Music on a non-Apple platform like that Windows machine at work? You’re in luck—Apple has now launched a beta of a Web-based Apple Music client that brings the service to any platform with a modern Web browser. | Continue reading
Remember the file transfer app, Fetch? The old dog has been resting in the corner for quite a few years, but developer Jim Matthews is now teaching it new 64-bit tricks so it will be able to work in macOS 10.15 Catalina. Read on for a trip down memory lane. | Continue reading
We’ve graphed and averaged and pondered the results of our recent reader survey, so read on to learn more about who reads TidBITS, what they think of our work, and much more, including the two topics we’ll be writing a lot less about in the future. And look, no featured image! | Continue reading
Updates the Audio Capture Engine for full compatibility with macOS 10.14 Mojave. ($29 new, free update, 12.2 MB) | Continue reading
Apple has announced a screen replacement program for aluminum Series 2 and 3 Apple Watches whose screens have cracked in a particular way. | Continue reading
Google’s Project Zero security research team has released the details of a significant series of attacks against iOS. The vulnerabilities have all been patched now, and it appears the attacks may have been part of the Chinese government’s crackdown on the minority Uyghur Muslim c … | Continue reading
Apple’s own software, as well as apps produced by independent developers following Apple’s lead, are increasingly reliant on ellipsis buttons that have no clear meaning or consistent action. | Continue reading
Ladies and gentlemen, start your engines! Apple will undoubtedly be announcing ship dates for macOS 10.15 Catalina and iOS 13 at its September 10th event, but you can start preparing for the upgrade and what’s new with three new books from Take Control. | Continue reading
Seventh public beta with another round of extensive improvements and fixes for the information management app. ($99/$149/$499 new, free update, 90.5 MB) | Continue reading
The prodigal RSS reader has returned from the wilderness with the release of the free, open source Mac app. (Free, 4.9 MB) | Continue reading
Adds several new features to the Twitter client, including support for viewing full images in your timeline. ($7.99 new, free update, 17.6 MB) | Continue reading
Adds an option to snooze 12 hours when clicking and holding on the Snooze button in a notification. ($49.99 new, free update, 16.2 MB) | Continue reading
Apple’s next big event will be held on 10 September 2019. Expect new iPhones, operating system ship dates, and maybe even one more thing! | Continue reading
After a whistleblower revealed that Apple contractors were listening in on Siri conversations, Apple shut down the program and promised improvements. Here they are. | Continue reading
Maintenance release that follows the recent major upgrade to the automation and clipboard utility. ($36 new, $25 upgrade, 25.8 MB) | Continue reading
Adds preliminary compatibility with macOS 10.15 Catalina. ($19 new, free update, 10.3 MB) | Continue reading
In a welcome change of heart for a company that has lobbied against Right to Repair legislation, Apple has announced the Independent Repair Program, which will provide genuine iPhone parts, tools, training, repair manuals, and diagnostics to independent repair businesses. | Continue reading
Apple has issued emergency updates for macOS 10.14 Mojave, iOS 12, watchOS 5, and tvOS 12 because it accidentally reintroduced a major security vulnerability in last month’s round of updates. | Continue reading
Remember our interview with George Jedenoff? He has finished his autobiography, so if you’re curious about the life and times of a fellow TidBITS reader who went from fleeing the Russian Revolution as an infant to becoming the president of a steel company, now’s your chance. | Continue reading
Many of us take far more photos while on vacation than at any other time, but that raises the question of how best to share them with different people and groups. Particularly if you’re not enamored of sharing on social media, read on for advice, suggestions, and solutions. | Continue reading
Adds captions to image previews and four new export styles for PDF and DOCX files. ($39.99 annual subscription, free update, 23.7 MB) | Continue reading
Maintenance update that focuses on improving the Pixelmator Pro extension inside Apple photos that was released in the previous version. ($39.99 new, free update, 182.9 MB) | Continue reading
Brings several new features and improvements to the page layout and desktop publishing software. ($19.99 new, free update, 371 MB) | Continue reading
Adds support for macOS 10.15 Catalina. ($39.99 new, free update, 15.9 MB) | Continue reading
Brings compatibility with Apple Mail in macOS 10.15 Catalina. ($30 new, free update, 14.3 MB) | Continue reading
Adds the capability to display multi-page Adobe Illustrator documents. ($40 new, free update, 25.7 MB) | Continue reading
A security researcher has discovered that many popular iOS robocall-blocking apps share your data with third parties, often in violation of App Store guidelines. | Continue reading
A critical vulnerability has been found in the Bluetooth specification that could allow an attacker to intercept data transferred between devices. Thankfully, it’s hard to exploit, and Apple has already released updates to address the vulnerability. | Continue reading