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Monday, 22 September 2025
New Apple Stuff, and possible Even More Photography Stuff
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Once again, we’ll be hanging around on Zoom after the general meeting, and the usual chatting will commence.
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Tim Cook Defends Apple’s Encryption Policy
On YouTube, Apple CEO Tim Cook explains Apple’s encryption and privacy policies, in a discussion with WSJ’s Editor-in-Chief Gerard Baker at the Wall Street Journal’s technology conference in Laguna Beach, Calif., in October (2015). This was posted in February, 2016, … Continue reading
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Apple Bytes
Apple’s explanation of security, hardware security, system security, encryption and data protection, app security, services security It’s Leonard’s fault!
Apple Bytes
Wow! On Interesting Engineering today: Apple’s useful Sign in with Apple option that was disclosed in June 2019 received a fair bit of positive attention, and for good reason: it replaces social logins with a secure authentication system. On top … Continue reading
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Tagged Apple, Apple Bytes, Apple security, Fabienne Lang, Interesting Engineering, Leonard Ross, Sign in with Apple
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Apple Bytes
macOS Catalina 10.15.5 is Out! – What’s New? It’s Leonard’s fault!
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Gory Details – the New iPhone SE
TidBITS strikes again! Adam Engst has an interesting review of the new ’Phone: At long last, Apple has released a second-generation iPhone SE. The original iPhone SE was based on the iPhone 5’s form factor and provided a smaller, less-expensive … Continue reading
It’s Baaaaaack!
You just never know! From Lauren Goode, on Wired, today: When Apple discontinued the tiny iPhone SE back in the fall of 2018, it left people who wanted a smaller, less expensive iPhone without many options and was seen as … Continue reading
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Had You Heard?
The more things change… From Klint Finley, on Wired, today: In 1987, Apple moved its software products, such as MacPaint and the office suite AppleWorks, into a new subsidiary called Claris. But by 1998, most of Claris’ products had either … Continue reading
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Libraries Are Cool These Days!
From the App Store this morning: Supercharge Your Library Card Did you know you have access to hundreds of thousands of ebooks, audiobooks, movies, music, and even comic books – all for free? All you need is a library card. Who knew? … Continue reading
Stop, Look, and Listen!!
From TidBITS, 25 August: Less than a month after the release of iOS 9.3.4 (see “Apple Releases iOS 9.3.4 with a Single Security Fix,” 4 August 2016) Apple has released yet another security-focused iOS update: iOS 9.3.5. Josh Centers continues: … Continue reading
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How Many???
“A million iPhones (sold) isn’t cool”, says the article’s headline. What is cool? PYBT and Andrew Cunningham, at Ars Technica, will tell you, in no uncertain terms: Apple sells its billionth iPhone, year-over-year decline be damned Graphic from the article
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