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  • Facebook expands Dark Mode testing on iOS and iPadOS apps

    Alex1NAlex1N
    Facefook (oops) was already in (perpetual) dark mode. Dark stalker mode.
    napoleon_phoneapartDogpersonwilliamlondonwatto_cobra

  • Apple One fails to solve issues with multiple Apple IDs

    Alex1NAlex1N
    Hmm. With all of Apple’s supposed resources, why hasn’t this been fixed yet? It can‘T* be for lack of programming skills (Or can it?**)

    *,** Case in point - the RISIBLE insertions of capitals when moving the cursor to edit stuff - of a piece with the fustercluck of Apple’s ID mess. After 32 years of using Apple products, I am being sorely tried by this and other problems (mostly caused by inane gimmickry) and am reluctantly starting to ponder alternative solutions. Apple appears to lock exclusively onto The Next Big Thing(TM) and drops the ball on QC for existing stuff. Not a good look - or a good anything. Getting fed up.
    patchythepiratemobird

  • Epic seeks 'coalition' of Apple critics as fight over App Store policies intensifies

    Alex1NAlex1N
    I wonder if Epic is going to take. Google to court as well. That would be amusing.
    Bart Ywatto_cobra

  • Installation rate for iOS 12 slightly trailing iOS 11 in first 48 hours after release

    Alex1NAlex1N
    From iOS 7 I waited until the x.1 update, but after reading about the wide consensus about the stability of the 12 betas - and the claims that there was a significant UI speed increase especially for older phones (I',m not sure that my 7 Plus comes into that category), I decided to download the update within hours of it landing, both of the iPad and the 2018 iPad. So far, so good: I'm well pleased :). The phone is a lot more responsive, and there has been a bit of tweaking of the keyboard and also the predictive text bar and its hotspots on the phone, such that I am no longer ending up with quite so much weird messages. And the Homepod firmware update to 12.0 via the phone was seamless and FAST!
    SpamSandwichwatto_cobra

  • Infections of macOS trojan 'Calisto' discovered two years after initial release

    Alex1NAlex1N
    Soli said:
    gatorguy said:
    "Recall that Keychain stores passwords/tokens saved by the user, including ones saved in Safari." 

    But the most important note is this:
    "Calisto’s activity on a computer with SIP (System Integrity Protection) enabled is rather limited. Announced by Apple back in 2015 alongside the release of OSX El Capitan, SIP is designed to protect critical system files from being modified — even by a user with root permissions. Calisto was developed in 2016 or earlier, and it seems that its creators simply didn’t take into account the then-new technology. However, many users still disable SIP for various reasons; we categorically advise against doing so."

    So it's extremely unlikely that very many real-world users need be concerned with it IMHO.
    You can check to see if SIP is en/disabled by using this Terminal command:

    csrutil status
    Thanks Soli, Very helpful :). Cheers, Alex
    Soli