Listener (and good friend) Rally brings us our Dumb Question this week: When MacOS High Sierra is installed, the photo and video formats are changed to HEIF and HEVF, respectively. I presume that means that the Photos library on the Mac is updated to this new format for all the pictures in the local library. […]
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Tiny Tip – Starbucks App Confused by Face ID on iPhone X
This one might count as a nano-tip, but if you’ve got the problem this solves, it might be a mega tip for you. One of the cool things about Face ID on iPhone X is that you don’t have to enable it for sites and apps that already used Touch ID. The API (Application Program […]
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Duolingo – Guest Post by Terry Vogelaar
NC #653 iOS Clean Install, iPhone X Second Look, Animoji Karaoke, Hue Motion Sensor, Security Bits
Possible replacement for Clarify (but maybe we don’t need it), a clean install tip for iOS from Joop Bruggink, a second look at iPhone X after a bit more time, my attempt at Animoji Karaoke, Denise Crown brings us her review of the Hue Motion Sensor. Then we have an installment of Security Bits with […]
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Security Bits – Canvas Fingerprinting, KRACK Updates, TOR Browser Bug, New Zero-Day WiFi Bug, Brother Printer Exploit
Security Medium 1 — Canvas Fingerprinting Before we look at canvas finger printing, I just want to set the scene with a reminder of one of the most fundamental truths about how the web was designed – each web page load is an independent event. Because that meant websites had no memory of anything that […]
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Hue Motion Sensor – Guest Post by Denise Crown
iPhone X Second Look
Last week I gave you Steve and my first impressions of the iPhone X and I promised to give you more observations after using it for a bit longer. Face ID is the flashy new feature, so let’s start there. Steve and I like it more and more as we use it. When you first […]
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Clean Install Tip for iOS – Guest Post by Joop Bruggink
Adventures Acquiring iPhone X and First Impressions
Last week I told you about how Steve and I managed to bork the order of a second iPhone X and how I’d promised him he could have the one coming on day one, November 3rd. I also told you that Pat Dengler’s order got messed up too so we were going to brave the […]
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