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Yet another reason not to update your iOS and Watch OS yet. Early releases always seem to be full of bugs, and this one sounds horrible. At this rate, I’ll be waiting for iOS 17.2.
#Apple #iPhone PSA: Bug caused Apple Watch running watchOS 10.1 beta to drain iPhone battery https://9to5mac.com/2023/10/10/bug-watchos-10-1-beta-drain-iphone-battery/


We're happy that #Apple has now joined the fight for encryption! 🔒

There is no magic key that allows the police to scan all chat messages, emails, and more for harmful content while not risking the security and privacy of everyone. This is technically not possible.

The more agree to this fact, the higher the chances that legislation is altered to protect everybody's privacy.

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-66028773

#privacy #security #onlinesafetybill #chatkontrolle


I kindly ask everyone who is interested in the #apple tech as a disable person to see the test forum I set up at http://koci-ogon.pl. Since this is a file deletion test, you can do whatever you want, meaning spam (in tolerable borders) is allowed as well, as artificial post count will let me optimize database better. Let me know if the site is convenient for you, if you have some working sight what adjustments can I make to its interface ETC ETC. Let’s break the monopoly of a certain Apple-related site please.


Hello! I would like to invite everyone to join the #Accessible #Apple community on Discord. This server is dedicated to current and future #blind and/or #VisuallyImpaired users of #iPhone, #Mac, #Apple Watch and other #Apple products who would like to get the most out of their devices. If that's something you are interested in, give us a shot!!
https://discord.gg/vfKyEBmXNb
Now to some FAQ that I guess will be asked over and over.
Q: There's only one administrator and that's you.
A: Yeah, but there's no point as there's literally noone else there, yet.
Q: Where are the rules?
A: They are not existent yet. Just please be a human.
Q: What's the point if there's AppleVis?
A: AppleVis was, and still is a great resource if it comes to stuff like APp directories, curated list of resources, podcasts ETC, however the forum features are suboptimal, especially for mobile usage. I have spoken to many people who are newcomers to the #Apple ecosystem and using the AppleVis website turned out to be harder than using their shiny new device itself.

Please keep in mind that the server is in a test stage, many things can happen, including channel deletions/additions, moderation appointments or server deletion in case there's no real interest. If you have any suggestions how could I improve it or if you would like to help me moderate, please reach out.
I kindly ask everyone to boost it to gauge interest. #accessibility #a11y #blind


I think I’m going to stick with my original AppleVision 1710AV for now

#wwdc #WWDC2023 #wwdc23 #apple #visionpro #visionOS


It's a step forward.

Why does it seem like it's only Google's #Spyware that gets something resembling appropriate regulations? When are they going to start enforcing anti-spyware legislation on #Disney, #Apple, and #Microsoft ? #BanDRM


Nice overview.

If you still use your phone with an US data collector (e.g. #Alphabet / #Google, #Apple), you really may want to watch this video... ;-)


wow, exciting new #Accessibility features from #Apple coming hopefully in iOs 17.
1. Assistive access. Reduces the feature set and design of apps to minimum, to lessen cognitive load.
2. Live speech. Type text and phone reads it out loud or through an ongoing call.
3. Personal voice. iOs clones your voice to output with 15 minutes of data to train.
4. Point and speak. In magnifier, the phone reads out a text on a button, such as home appliance, a person is pointing at with their finger.
and more, such as siri voices being better at faster speech rates, MFI hearing aids get macOs support, its easier to customise text size in MacOs and you can use your switch control as a game controller.
https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2023/05/apple-previews-live-speech-personal-voice-and-more-new-accessibility-features/


#AppleNews is evidently unfamiliar with how to collapse a view or hide elements.

Don't force #CNN content into top stories when I've chosen to #BlockCNN

Similar to but worse than the "ESPN tax" from cable subscriptions, this is just pushing bad content on users.

(this poor #Apple UX is an intentional choice, not a "hard to solve" issue...)


Are #apple #macos users here who would want to test one of the submissions to the #game jam for #blind gamers?

It’s the only one that didn’t get any ratings yet, and that’s just sad to see. It looks like a pretty nice blind-friendly 3D stealth system: https://itch.io/jam/games-for-blind-gamers-2/rate/2043905


Just dropped on the App Store: #RHVoice for #iOS. For now only #Macedonian and #Albanian languages are supported but it's worth bookmarking/installing this now to follow updates. Again, new linguistic communities have been included to the #Apple ecosystem with high-quality, free-of-charge voices. https://apps.apple.com/pl/app/rhvoice/id6444378148?l=pl #Accessibility #Blind #SpeechSynthesis #TextToSpeech #Languages


Our #health #software team at #Apple is #hiring ! We’re looking for an #ios engineer - please consider joining us to work on products that literally save lives.

https://jobs.apple.com/en-us/details/200448057/sr-ios-application-developer-health-software?team=SFTWR


Many iPhone users are asking us to recommend safe authenticator apps. Well, the App Store is making it useless to recommend any app. No matter what you search for, the top hit is almost always an ad for a scam app.

#Apple #AppStore #2FA #InfoSec


Today, the US #NLRB issued a finding of merit in two of my charges against #Apple. The NLRB agreed with my claim that Apple's NDAs & employee policies are unlawfully restrictive & chilling to the point of violating federal labor law

The best part of this is that these charges are about Apple's employee policies & statements made to workers nationally. Apple's remedy will also need to be national. All the hell the last two years is worth it for this. Let us be free. 🕊️ 💙

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-01-30/apple-executives-violated-worker-rights-us-labor-officials-say


someone pointed out there is an Apple Lisa with Atari asset tags owned by a collector in Germany?

and may still have the TOS development system on its hard drive

http://homecomputer.de/pages/f_info.html?Apple_Lisa2_5_Atari.html

could be the same one on the far right in the photo!

#retrocomp #retrocomputing #Atari #AtariST #Apple #Lisa


as it is the 40th anniversary of the Apple Lisa i am once again obsessing about this photo of Atari developers Dave Staugas, Jim Eisenstein and Jerome Domurat sitting in front of a few Apple Lisas and Macintoshes in March of 1985

the Apple Lisa was used to prototype the Atari ST's TOS operating system before the hardware was ready

the photo is from this Antic Podcast interview with Jerome:

https://archive.org/details/JeromeDomuratInterview/

#retrocomp #retrocomputing #Atari #AtariST #Apple #Lisa


speaking of Apple Lisa source...

source code for the GEMDOS prototype for the Apple Lisa was found among the Digital Research source code that was released under the GPL by Caldera a while back

now that's how you publicly license historical source code

and people have gotten it to run!

with a full GEM desktop!

it even runs well behaving Atari ST apps!

https://stardot.org.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?f=45&t=20964

http://www.alternative-system.com/en/revive-gemdos-for-lisa/

http://compu85.homeip.net/stuff/Lisa/Software/GemDos/

#retrocomp #retrocomputing #Atari #AtariST #Apple #Lisa #GEM


If you're looking for samples of #audiobooks narrated by AI, search for the term "Narrated by Apple Books" in the Apple Books app. It will pull up a list of books converted to Audio by #Apple.

Here are a few samples:

https://books.apple.com/us/audiobook/id1636546592

https://books.apple.com/us/audiobook/id1640349620

#bookstodon #accessibility #audio


What designers can learn from Apple’s new accessibility features https://uxdesign.cc/what-designers-can-learn-from-apples-new-accessibility-features-514b8f5bbd33 #design #UIDesign #a11y #apple


Announcement: Macstodon 0.3 is here! 🥳​

Macstodon is a Mastodon client for 68k Macintosh computers! With it, you can post plain-text toots, view your home and local timelines, and view your notifications!

System Requirements:
- A 68020/68030/68040 Macintosh
- System 7.1 through 8.1
- At least 1.5 MB of free memory
- 32-bit addressing enabled
- Internet Config installed
- an SSL-stripping proxy running on another machine

You can download the latest release from GitHub: https://github.com/smallsco/macstodon
(but please read the Read Me, I worked hard on it!)

And with that, I'm going to take a break from this project for a few days! But do let me know if you've successfully used it!

#RetroComputing #RetroProgramming #VintageMac #68K #Apple #Mac #MacOS #ClassicMac


Love all the information #Apple provide with their #macOS software updates. 🙄

606MB update with apparently no changes I need to be aware of...


Just learned today there's a pendant to #FDroid for #macOS & #iOS users called "App Fair". I'm not using any #Apple device – but if you are, you might be interested to take a look. And if you're a developer and want your #FOSS #app there, I'm sure you'll want to take a look as well:

https://appfair.net/


Wow! Impressive Geekbench score from a Windows 11 Arm VM instance running on my M1 Max. #geekbench #apple


When will you start selling directly in stores worldwide? I'd honestly be thrilled if one day when walking to my local mall I'd see a #Librem device alongside all those boring #Android / #Apple phones.


Maybe this could help FOSS developers make something like this for Linux or Android. This is an article from Apple Machine Learning, on how they made mobile apps accessible with machine learning:

https://machinelearning.apple.com/research/mobile-applications-accessible

#a11y #apple #ml


Avoiding USB-C on iPhones may get harder for Apple as Brazil considers mandate

https://arstechnica.com/?p=1863422

# # # # # #-C # #