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  • Apple is still slow to purge scam apps in the Mac App Store

    mayflymayfly
    bonobob said:
    22july2013 said:
    mayfly said:
    This isn't a threat to diligent Apple users. If I want an app that isn't made by Apple, I navigate to the company website (UPS or American Airlines, for instance) and click the link to their app from there. Just assuming that if a third party app is on the App Store, it's safe for you to download, well, you're asking for it.
    That's an interesting approach. I like it. However it may have one challenge: Apple App store links are (or can be) different for each country you are in. So if I go to the UPS website (ie, the American UPS website, because I use Google to get the company's link, and it often returns the US link even if the company has a Canadian website) and then try to get a link to their app from their US site, I may be directed to the US app which may not be a valid link in Canada. You appear to be an American and you probably only care about American companies, so this may not be an issue for you. 
    Just change the URL from apps.apple.com/us/... to apps.apple.com/ca/... (or whichever country code is appropriate for your store).  This has worked for me numerous times when I've been given a link to a non-US, non-English language App Store.
    I think we can agree that these are all good ways to protect yourself from malware on the app store.
    watto_cobra

  • Apple is still slow to purge scam apps in the Mac App Store

    mayflymayfly
    This isn't a threat to diligent Apple users. If I want an app that isn't made by Apple, I navigate to the company website (UPS or American Airlines, for instance) and click the link to their app from there. Just assuming that if a third party app is on the App Store, it's safe for you to download, well, you're asking for it.
    watto_cobra

  • Tim Cook calls spatial computing in Apple Vision Pro an 'aha moment' in a user's life

    mayflymayfly
    If I spent $3,500 on a toy, it would cost me way more when my wife filed for divorce. And that was MY Aha! moment.
    designrFileMakerFeller

  • Instagram being blamed for iPhone 15 overheating issues

    mayflymayfly
    Ooh, Ooh! I know the answer, teacher! Call on me!

    Take Instagram off your iPhone. TWO problems solved:
    1. No more overheating
    2. No more brain damage from addiction to mindless cat memes!

    maltzdee_deebaconstangcorradokidappleinsideruserkillroyAlex1Nmuthuk_vanalingamradarthekatdarkvader

  • Apple Wallet's Connected Accounts may come to the US

    mayflymayfly
    When you look at data, the data holder is looking at you.
    darkvaderwatto_cobra