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SuperDuper 4’s Radical New Interface Explains Itself as You Use It
SuperDuper 4’s Radical New Interface Explains Itself as You Use It - TidBITS
SuperDuper 4 might be the first backup app that tells you in plain English exactly what it’s going to do and what it has done. Developer Dave Nanian’s new “narrative” interface embeds documentation...
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Apple’s Q3 2026 Earnings—Record Revenue and Marketing to the Street
Apple’s Q3 2026 Earnings—Record Revenue and Marketing to the Street - TidBITS
In Tim Cook’s final earnings call as CEO, Apple posted a record $109.4 billion quarter, but behind Apple’s AI hype and “phenomenal” reviews lie supply constraints driven by poor predictions, skyrocketing...
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Apple Upgrade Replaces and Extends iPhone Upgrade Program
Apple Upgrade Replaces and Extends iPhone Upgrade Program - TidBITS
Apple’s new Apple Upgrade program, run through Klarna, lets US customers lease iPhones, iPads, Apple Watches, and Macs for monthly fees. It replaces the iPhone Upgrade Program, but unlike that program,...
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OS 26.6 Delivers Massive Number of Security Fixes
OS 26.6 Delivers Massive Number of Security Fixes - TidBITS
Apple’s latest updates patch an unprecedented number of security vulnerabilities while optimizing the Spotlight index in preparation for OS 27 and fixing bugs affecting Messages screenshots, Intel-based...
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Snap Grip Solves a Problem You May Not Have
Snap Grip Solves a Problem You May Not Have - TidBITS
The ohSnap Snap Grip is a cleverly designed MagSafe accessory that helps you hold your iPhone more securely. After months of testing, Adam Engst found it most useful for one specific situation: reading...
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Simon Willison Breaks Down OpenAI’s Sandbox Escape Incident
Simon Willison Breaks Down OpenAI’s Sandbox Escape Incident - TidBITS
An OpenAI model being tested for cybersecurity capabilities decided to cheat rather than solve its assigned test, breaking out of its sandbox and hacking into Hugging Face to steal the answers. Simon...
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How to Pitch Apps to TidBITS in the AI Era
How to Pitch Apps to TidBITS in the AI Era - TidBITS
AI has made it vastly easier to build apps and pitch them to publications like TidBITS for review. But we don’t have the time or brain space to look at everything, so here’s how developers can improve...
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The Real System Requirements for OS 27
The Real System Requirements for OS 27 - TidBITS
Apple has finally completed its silicon transition: macOS 27 drops all Intel-based Macs, and iPadOS 27 and watchOS 27 each leave five models by the wayside, whereas the iPhone compatibility list remains...
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Apple Increases Apple Music, Apple One, and AppleCare+ Prices
Apple Increases Apple Music, Apple One, and AppleCare+ Prices - TidBITS
Apple has raised prices for Apple Music and most Apple One bundles, citing rising licensing costs. AppleCare+ prices also increased, presumably to keep pace with rising component costs.
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Taming Email Overload: Avec Makes iPhone Email Triage Almost Fun
Taming Email Overload: Avec Makes iPhone Email Triage Almost Fun - TidBITS
Tired of clunky email triage on your iPhone? Avec’s swipe-based interface lets you quickly sort important messages from noise, using AI to prioritize what matters. It’s Gmail-only and iPhone-only...
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OpenAI Shuffles ChatGPT Apps, Kills Atlas Browser, Improves Voice
OpenAI Shuffles ChatGPT Apps, Kills Atlas Browser, Improves Voice - TidBITS
OpenAI has replaced its Mac apps with a confusing 1.45 GB amalgamation, killed its ChatGPT Atlas Web browser after less than a year, and boosted ChatGPT Voice by backing it with more capable models.
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Beyond Streaming: Why and How to Download Videos from YouTube
Beyond Streaming: Why and How to Download Videos from YouTube - TidBITS
Can’t stream a YouTube video on a plane? Worried that a rare concert recording will disappear? Need to edit a clip for a presentation? Here’s why TidBITS Talk readers download YouTube videos—and...
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How Planning Made My Second Long EV Trip Stress-Free
How Planning Made My Second Long EV Trip Stress-Free - TidBITS
After a mostly successful first EV road trip, Adam Engst refined his approach for a weekend drive to Boston. The result was a boring, stress-free experience—exactly what you want from travel logistics.
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AppBITS: Fidelia Offers Audiophiles Precise Control over Music Playback
AppBITS: Fidelia Offers Audiophiles Precise Control over Music Playback - TidBITS
Audiofile Engineering’s Fidelia plays your music collection with bit-perfect accuracy and lets you shape the sound through Audio Units, equalization, and headphone virtualization. It’s not for everyone—but...
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Do You Use It? Clear and Tinted Icons Are a Hard Pass
Do You Use It? Clear and Tinted Icons Are a Hard Pass - TidBITS
Our poll results are in: virtually no TidBITS readers use clear or tinted icons on the Mac or the iPhone. But the real issue isn’t color—it’s that Apple’s mandatory squircle shape strips icons...
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“Hide My Email” Vulnerability Exposes Real Addresses
“Hide My Email” Vulnerability Exposes Real Addresses - TidBITS
Apple’s Hide My Email feature has a vulnerability that does exactly what the name says it shouldn’t: reveal your real email address. Worse, Apple has ignored reports of the flaw for over a year.
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26.5.2 Updates Squash Vulnerabilities in macOS, iOS, iPadOS, and Safari
26.5.2 Updates Squash Vulnerabilities in macOS, iOS, iPadOS, and Safari - TidBITS
Apple has released macOS 26.5.2, iOS 26.5.2 and iPadOS 26.5.2, and Safari 26.5.2, addressing 29 security vulnerabilities. Most fixes target WebKit, with additional patches for the kernel and other components....
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People and Companies Should Be Legally Liable for Their AI Agents
People and Companies Should Be Legally Liable for Their AI Agents - TidBITS
Public-interest technologist Bruce Schneier argues that companies and individuals deploying AI agents should bear legal liability for those agents’ actions, just as they would for human employees.
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macOS 27 Golden Gate Sharpens Tahoe’s Blurry Icons
macOS 27 Golden Gate Sharpens Tahoe’s Blurry Icons - TidBITS
BasicAppleGuy’s side-by-side comparison of the icons in macOS 26 Tahoe and macOS 27 Golden Gate reveals bolder colors, crisper edges, and a more refined Liquid Glass effect across most system apps.
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Where to Find the Colors Your Screen Can’t Display
Where to Find the Colors Your Screen Can’t Display - TidBITS
Ever wonder why a tropical lagoon or peacock feather seems impossibly vivid in person but disappointing in photos? Ryan Moulton explains the technical reasons and guides you to colors no screen can show.
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Tim Cook Confirms Apple Will Raise Prices Due to Memory and Storage Costs
Tim Cook Confirms Apple Will Raise Prices Due to Memory and Storage Costs - TidBITS
Outgoing CEO Tim Cook has confirmed to the Wall Street Journal that Apple is being forced to raise prices due to skyrocketing costs of memory and storage chips. What might that mean for your next Apple...
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Fruit Specs Slices and Dices Apple Product Features
Fruit Specs Slices and Dices Apple Product Features - TidBITS
Need to know which Apple devices or operating system versions support a specific feature or compare features across products? Glenn Fleishman’s Fruit Specs website makes answering such questions fast...
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iOS 26’s Confusing Hidden Folder Drag Behavior
iOS 26’s Confusing Hidden Folder Drag Behavior - TidBITS
A TidBITS reader thought he had found a bug in iOS 26 that made apps inaccessible. After investigation, the real culprit turned out to be misleading visual feedback when dragging apps to the App Library’s...
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Doctor Pairs TextExpander with a Gaming Mouse for Improved Telehealth Communications
Doctor Pairs TextExpander with a Gaming Mouse for Improved Telehealth Communications - TidBITS
Former TidBITS managing editor Josh Centers profiles a telehealth doctor who uses a 12-button gaming mouse and TextExpander’s branching snippets to generate complete, error-free patient documentation...
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Upcoming NMUG Presentation on the Phone App’s Classic and Unified Views
Upcoming NMUG Presentation on the Phone App’s Classic and Unified Views - TidBITS
Join Adam Engst for a free online presentation explaining the difference between the iOS 26 Phone app’s Classic and Unified views—and the big win of the Unified view—at the Naples MacFriends User...
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