If you’re watching your weight, the Eufy BodySense helps you track it for about the same price as any other quality digital scale, but it can sync its data to your iPhone and Apple’s Health app. | Continue reading
What better day than Friday the 13th to check that your backups are actually working by restoring some critical files? | Continue reading
A little over a year since the last update, Apple has now released new MacBook Pro models with quad-core and 6-core CPUs, an option for 32 GB of RAM, a True Tone display, a quieter butterfly keyboard, and an Apple T2 chip that enables Hey Siri. | Continue reading
Patches a number of vulnerabilities in Apple’s last two operating systems. (Free, various sizes) | Continue reading
Adds support for AirPlay 2 multi-room audio and HomePod stereo pairs. (Free, 263 MB) | Continue reading
Resolves multiple WebKit vulnerabilities and patches an address bar spoofing issue. (Free) | Continue reading
The iOS App Store is celebrating its 10th anniversary, and Apple has posted a self-congratulatory article that gives the App Store credit for everything short of curing cancer. Adam Engst acknowledges the App Store’s success while pointing out that it hasn't been an unalloyed hit … | Continue reading
Some television sets from major brands have Samba TV spyware preinstalled that analyzes and reports back on everything you watch. It’s another reason to use an Apple TV instead. | Continue reading
Apple has released iOS 11.4.1, tvOS 11.4.1, and watchOS 4.3.2, three updates with minor bug fixes. Apart from the iOS update, in fact, Apple isn’t even saying what has changed. | Continue reading
With Apple’s AirPort line of base stations gone to that Wi-Fi network in the sky, the Velop wireless system from Linksys is a solid alternative. Unlike Apple’s base stations, Velop is “mesh” hardware, with multiple units working in unison to bathe a residence in bandwidth. Velop … | Continue reading
Fixes a critical (but rare) bug that occurred when saving a ringtone or publishing to SoundCloud. ($29 new, free update, 9.0 MB) | Continue reading
Fixes a bug where the app would hang when switching between smart filters. ($49.99 new, free update, 7.8 MB) | Continue reading
If you find yourself needing a digital version of a physical photo—as uncommon as that might seem in today’s modern world—Google’s free PhotoScan app may be the ideal tool, particularly if you don’t already own a scanner, or have one in your pocket. | Continue reading
Have you forgotten your Mac’s admin password, or need to help a friend or client who has lost it? Here’s how to reset it, but beware that doing so prevents access to the account keychain’s collection of login credentials. | Continue reading
Ever wished that you could compare an edited image in Photos with the original, without using Undo or Revert to Original? Read on for the trick in both the Mac and iOS versions of Photos, and for the even more hidden trick on the Mac that helps you compare cropping. | Continue reading
If you have clients who need to book appointments with you, the new WhenWorks iOS app and service provides a lightweight self-service solution so you can avoid the back-and-forth negotiations to find mutually acceptable times. | Continue reading
Curious about what consumer electronics companies are up to in the months that follow the big CES show in Las Vegas? They’re not sitting still, as Jeff Porten discovered while attending two mini-CES shows in New York City. Read on for the latest in geeky gear, gadgets, and gizmos … | Continue reading
Apple Maps has been a joke since it debuted six years ago, and Apple has spent the past four years rebuilding it from the ground up. | Continue reading
Apple has released a new iPad app for teachers, dubbed Schoolwork, that aims to make it easy for teachers to manage assignments. | Continue reading
Hardware maker Elgato is going all-in on HomeKit home automation and to that end is changing its name and selling its gaming division. | Continue reading
Adds support for exporting images in HEIF format. ($29.99 new, free update, 78.8 MB) | Continue reading
Adds broadcasting capabilities to the app's audio recording features (due to the retirement of Rogue Amoeba's Nicecast). ($49 new, free update, 16.8 MB) | Continue reading
Maintenance update with a smattering of refinements for the professional video editing app. ($299.99 new, free update, 3.00 GB) | Continue reading
It’s a cinch to rename a file or folder in the Finder. But renaming a group of them in a common way—appending a project name, fixing a repeated misspelling, or adding serial numbers? That, too, can be easy, with the Finder’s often-overlooked batch-renaming capability. | Continue reading
When you watch a product demo during the keynote of a conference like WWDC, the presenter may make it seem effortless, but Adobe’s Khoi Vinh reveals that good demos require months of preparation. | Continue reading
Two European Union copyright reform proposals, if they pass, could hamper sharing news articles and uploading content online. | Continue reading
Apple’s new service program won’t increase key travel for the butterfly-switch keyboards in the MacBook or MacBook Pro, but it does eliminate any worry about a $700 repair if your keyboard fails after the warranty expires. | Continue reading
The Xmarks bookmark-syncing service shut down on 1 May 2018—with users receiving little warning. Looks like there never really was a business model behind cross-browser and platform bookmark syncing. | Continue reading
Major upgrade for the project management app brings Kanban boards and improved resource pool management. ($149 annual subscription, free update from version 5, 27.8 MB) | Continue reading
Provides a long list of fixes for the writing tool. ($45 new, free update, 106 MB) | Continue reading
Improves sync reliability, speed, and resource usage. (All updates are free. DEVONthink Pro Office, $149.95 new; DEVONthink Professional, $79.95 new; DEVONthink Personal, $49.95 new; DEVONnote, $24.95 new) | Continue reading
Makes all Artist Lessons free to download and adds two new Drummers that play roots- and jazz-influenced brush styles. (Free, 1.01 GB) | Continue reading
Looking for a security system controller that not only integrates with HomeKit, but also turns all your connected security devices into HomeKit accessories? Look no further than the Honeywell Lyric Controller. | Continue reading
A newly announced iOS 12 feature will make it easier for 911 operators to trace your location through your iPhone. | Continue reading
Adds support for using Keychain to save and autofill login name and password fields. ($59.99 new, free update, 49.2 MB) | Continue reading
Brings preliminary support for macOS 10.14 Mojave. ($34.95 new, free update, 7.7 MB) | Continue reading
Want to get the contents of a Web page, such as a back issue of TidBITS, into your email archive? Surprisingly, it’s a task most easily accomplished using Safari and Mail, rather than any other Web browsers, email clients, or online services. | Continue reading
Pebble pioneered the smartwatch market, but time is running out for its online services, which are necessary for some features. A ragtag band of coders has devised a solution, but you must act before 30 June 2018. | Continue reading
AgileBits has released 1Password 7, the company’s first paid upgrade in many years. Are the changes to 1Password mini and the many visual improvements worth the cost of admission? | Continue reading
Makes several improvements for how the blog editor works with media. ($49.95 new, free update, 14.7 MB) | Continue reading
Maintenance updates with new options for formatting the look of charts. (Free, various sizes) | Continue reading
Smartwatches like the Apple Watch are saving lives, but they’re not quite legitimate medical devices yet. | Continue reading
Planning a trip to the UK? After a family vacation there, Adam Engst has some advice for international travellers looking for an inexpensive way to get cellular data for their iPhones. He also suggests using Apple Pay for public transportation in London and recommends an inexpens … | Continue reading
Financier David Rubenstein interviewed Apple CEO Tim Cook, and now the entire 24-minute conversation is available at Bloomberg. Or, if you’re short on time, you can read the highlights at 9to5Mac. | Continue reading
Monthly maintenance release with a modicum of improvements for the application suite. ($149.99 new for one-time purchase, $99.99/$69.99 annual subscription options, free update) | Continue reading
Fixes bugs and updates helper applications to 64-bit. (€24.99 new, free update, 7.9 MB) | Continue reading
Maintenance release with Amazon S3 improvements and fixes for several niggling bugs. ($49.99 new, free update, 48.9 MB) | Continue reading
In news that won’t surprise any attentive TidBITS readers, Apple has announced that the upcoming macOS 10.14 Mojave will be the last to support 32-bit apps. If you rely on older 32-bit apps, you probably have at least 15 months before it becomes a problem in macOS 10.15. | Continue reading