AT&T has joined T-Mobile and Verizon in offering wireless home Internet service. Julio Ojeda-Zapata tested AT&T Internet Air and found it a good value—but not good enough to replace his Xfinity wired broadband. He thinks wireless home broadband is a great fit for many, though. | Continue reading
Major upgrade for the automation and clipboard utility introduces a new Macro Wizard, support for Apple Text Recognition, and more. ($36 new, $25 upgrade, 37.3 MB, macOS 10.13+) | Continue reading
The X.1 updates to Apple’s latest crop of operating systems are out with bug fixes and a couple of features that didn’t ship in the initial releases, such as the watchOS double-tap gesture. And plenty of security fixes. As always. | Continue reading
Apple has raised prices for three of its services and the Apple One bundles while leaving iCloud+, Apple Music, and Apple Fitness+ pricing alone. | Continue reading
Apple has announced a special virtual event for the day before Halloween with a spooky graphic and tagline. Will the announcements be a trick or treat? | Continue reading
Time flies when you’re doing good work. After Joe Kissell took over Take Control Books from TidBITS Publishing in 2017, the ebook imprint has continued to thrive and is now marking its 20th anniversary with a free ebook, a big sale, and some thoughts about the impact it has on th … | Continue reading
Enables you to control which family members have access to your vaults right in the app. ($35.88 annual subscription, free update, 4.8 MB, macOS 10.15+) | Continue reading
Open-source file transfer app adds SMB support. (Free, 156.2 MB, macOS 10.12+) | Continue reading
Maintenance release for the recently upgraded virtualization software. ($99.99 Standard Edition, free update for version 19 licenses, macOS 10.14.6+) | Continue reading
Adds support for installing Windows 11 as a guest operating system on M-based Macs. ($149.99/$199.99 new, free update, 722.9 MB, macOS 12+) | Continue reading
A fistful of bug fixes for the three Affinity graphic design apps. ($69.99 new for each, free updates, various sizes, macOS 10.15+) | Continue reading
Maintenance update for the spam-filtering utility following its recent major upgrade. ($39.99 new, free update, 47.1 MB, macOS 10.13+) | Continue reading
Restores a couple of features to the long-form writing tool. ($49 new, free update, 113.8 MB, macOS 10.13+) | Continue reading
Adds detailed information about all recent hardware and operating system releases, including the iPhone 15 models and macOS 14 Sonoma. (Free, 210.5 MB, macOS 10.12+) | Continue reading
Do you have anything—valuables, medicines, alcohol, guns—for which you’d like to monitor access? The Kini motion detection device notices when it moves and alerts you by text message within seconds. No apps, no subscription, no privacy issues. | Continue reading
Maintenance release for the recently upgraded Open/Save dialog utility. ($39.95 new, free update, 17.2 MB, macOS 10.13+) | Continue reading
Adds Calendar banner support for invitations received on Gmail aliases. ($49.99 annual subscription, free update, 12.1 MB, macOS 12+) | Continue reading
Brings new features, improvements, and bug fixes to the date-focused note-taking app. (Free with a $34.99 Premium subscription or $119.99 one-time Premium purchase, free update for subscribers, 72.9 MB, macOS 10.14+) | Continue reading
Two Rogue Amoeba audio apps add full compatibility with macOS 14 Sonoma. ($35/25 new, free update, various sizes, macOS 11+) | Continue reading
Triggered by the addition of comments to the popular blog Kottke.org, Adam Engst encourages participation in focused online conversational spaces rather than scattershot social media. | Continue reading
Apple has unveiled a third—but not the third-generation—Apple Pencil. The new USB-C Apple Pencil is cheaper than the previous models and features USB-C charging but lacks pressure sensitivity. | Continue reading
Some users have awoken to their iPhones and iPads asking for a passcode due to an unprompted restart the night before. Many people may not care what their device does at night, but beware that it could prevent alarms from triggering and block emergency calls. | Continue reading
Maintenance release for the document and information manager fixes bugs related to macOS 14 Sonoma. ($99 new, free update, 140.7 MB, macOS 10.14+) | Continue reading
Brings improvements and bug fixes to the Swiss Army knife of graphics apps. ($39.95 new, free update, 244.6 MB, macOS 10.13+) | Continue reading
Maintenance update for the long-form writing tool. ($49 new, free update, 64.7 MB, macOS 10.13+) | Continue reading
What better day than Friday the 13th to check that your backups are actually working by restoring some critical files? | Continue reading
Many people find themselves helping older friends or family members with reduced physical or cognitive capabilities. Adam Engst distills advice from a pair of TidBITS Talk discussions that asked about the best iPhone and simplifying the iPhone experience for older people. | Continue reading
As with all its services, Apple offers no real troubleshooting when iCloud Drive synchronization stalls in macOS. Glenn Fleishman encountered a problem that took months to diagnose and fix. In the process, he went through the wringer of trying nearly everything suggested online, … | Continue reading
Apple has updated iOS 16 and iPadOS 16 with fixes for the vulnerabilities addressed in iOS 17.0.3 and iPadOS 17.0.3. You don’t need to rush to update unless you work in a large business or government agency. | Continue reading
This week's Do You Use It? poll asks how often you use Finder tags, which are marking their tenth year of being part of the Mac experience.Read original article | Continue reading
Three Rogue Amoeba audio apps gain full compatibility with macOS 14 Sonoma. ($64/39/29 new, free updates, various sizes, macOS 11+) | Continue reading
Glenn Fleishman explores iOS 17’s new Check In feature, which lets you specify someone as a temporary safety partner who can confirm you got where you intended to to go. It’s a welcome addition to Apple’s collection of features aimed at increasing personal safety. | Continue reading
Worried about backing up your cloud-only files? The latest version of Carbon Copy Cloner can temporarily download, back up, and evict these files, ensuring your data’s safety. Learn about this ingenious feature that bridges the gap between local and cloud storage in your backup s … | Continue reading
Which Web browsers do TidBITS readers use on their Macs? Safari, of course, but Firefox proved surprisingly popular, and an emphasis on privacy may account for several other unexpected deviations from global browser share numbers. | Continue reading
The Browser Company of New York has unveiled Arc Max, a collection of five experimental AI tools. From Ask on Page to Tidy Downloads, we explore how Arc Max enhances browsing. But are these AI tools genuinely useful? Learn how The Browser Company approaches AI and follow along to … | Continue reading
Apple has made good on a promise to update iOS 17 to respond to a bug that could cause overheating, particularly in the iPhone 15. The update also blocks several security vulnerabilities, one of which has been exploited in the wild. | Continue reading
Adds new AWS S3 storage regions from around the globe. ($45 new, free update, 35.4 MB, macOS 12+) | Continue reading
This week's Do You Use It? poll asks which Web browsers you use on your Mac. Safari may be a given for many Mac users, but there are a plethora of alternatives. | Continue reading
Maintenance release with bug fixes for the calendar and contact management apps. ($56.99 annual subscription, free update, 70/30.4 MB, macOS 11+) | Continue reading
Adds a new Bills & Income card to the Home Dashboard. ($35.99/51.99/77.99 annual subscription, free update, 3.2 MB, macOS 10.15+) | Continue reading
Update the Omni Group's task management and outlining apps with improved compatibility with macOS 14 Sonoma. ($49.99/$19.99 new, free update, various sizes, macOS 11+) | Continue reading
Updates the keyboard-driven launcher for issues related to macOS 14 Sonoma. (Free for basic functionality, £34 for Powerpack update, 5.3 MB, macOS 10.14+) | Continue reading
Brings full support for macOS 14 Sonoma, plus several bug fixes. ($27.95 new, free update, 9.7 MB, macOS 10.10+) | Continue reading
Adds new Profiles feature, enhances Private Browsing, and adds support for multiple tab selection. (Free, various sizes, macOS 10.12+) | Continue reading
Brings improvements to quoting, working with custom metadata, and viewing computer code in Markdown. ($99 new, free update, 134 MB, macOS 10.14+) | Continue reading
Brings improvements and compatibility with macOS 14 Sonoma. ($49 new, free update, 126 MB, macOS 10.13+) | Continue reading
Brings new features, improvements and bug fixes to the image editor. ($39.99 new, free update, 21.1 MB, macOS 10.14+) | Continue reading
Fixes bugs related to macOS 14 Sonoma. ($49.99 annual subscription, free update, 12.1 MB, macOS 12+) | Continue reading