Magic Monday - July 6, 2026

We are rapidly approaching go time for the traditional September Surprise, and somehow we're only on developer beta 6. This year is going to be interesting in terms of the software releases, though I'm still trying to work out what this cadence means. Some depressing news and some foreseeable changes, finally approaching implementation, that could possibly affect a number of you, my dear reader...

Punctuality returns, and some interestingly spicy content makes an appearance in addition to some hints at future projects. We're in the final weeks leading up to the annual tradition of the "September Surprise" as I'll call it. This is going to be a long one today, so without further ado... App Store Fraud, App Review, and the Age of DIY Software Scammy and fraudulent App Store apps have been...

More doctor travel to California this week, more tardiness, but worth the wait, I think. Here's hoping for some more health answers. Without further ado... Always Use Your Password Manager Recently, I needed to repurpose a backup drive that hadn't been used in a couple years. Wanting to archive the data from that backup to the Mac Mini server just in case, I hooked it up and was completely fla...