Welcome to the first edition of the Magic Monday newsletter. I'm Ian Williams, your humble curator and opinionator. For far too long, I've seen (and been forwarded) an incredible amount of preposterously bad Mac and Apple information on social media platforms. It is my sincere hope that I can bring clarity, simplicity, informed insight, and probably a bit of sarcasm to your Mac and Apple tech life. Without further ado..
An Unfixable iPhone Problem?
Security company Paradigm Shift announced its discovery of a security vulnerability in devices using A12, A13, S4, and S5 processors. The most popular affected devices are iPhone XR, XS, and 11 models, and it is true that this vulnerability cannot be fixed by Apple because it is baked into the hardware at the factory (in the BootROM.) What does this mean for you?
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...
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