If you are currently an Apple TV+ and CBS All Access subscriber, you can add SHOWTIME for free. John explains the slight trick involved.
Batch Rename Files on iOS Using This Shortcut
One task that was always easier on macOS was to rename multiple files at once using Automator. The Files app on iOS/iPadOS doesn’t have a lot of bulk actions. But I finally cracked it with Shortcuts to let you batch rename files on iOS and iPadOS. My shortcut lets you do three specific things: prepend text, append text, and replace text in a file name. If I think of more things to do with file names in the future, I’ll update the shortcut.
Pennsylvania to Launch COVID-19 App Based on Apple-Google API
Pennsylvania is to launch its COVID-19 tracing app in September, built on the Apple-Google framework, AppleInsider reported. The app is set to be called ‘COVID Alerta PA’, according to the state’s Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine.
COVID Alert PA will be interoperable with neighboring state Delaware’s app, as well as two other states yet to be named, according to 6 ABC. “The app is about Pennsylvanians helping Pennsylvanians, it’s about as a community being able to let each other know and track each other’s exposure so we can keep each other safe,” said Health Department spokesperson April Hutcheson. The app will notify people who have potentially been exposed to the coronavirus. The app uses the Centers for Disease Control guideline of being within six feet for at least 15 minutes.
For All Mankind Resumes Production
Production resumed on season two of Apple TV+ series For All Mankind on Tuesday, with two episodes still needing to be shot.
AI Company ‘Cense AI’ Leaks 2.5 Million Medical Records
Secure Thoughts worked with security researcher Jeremiah Fowler to uncover how Cense AI leaked 2.5 million medical records, which included names, insurance records, medical diagnosis notes, and a lot more.
The records were labeled as staging data and we can only speculate that this was a storage repository intended to hold the data temporarily while it is loaded into the AI Bot or Cense’s management system. As soon as I could validate the data, I sent a responsible disclosure notice. Shortly after my notification was sent to Cense I saw that public access to the database was restricted.
1: Burn this company down. 2: Sounds like most of the data are from patients in New York.
Some Developers Use TestFlight as an Unofficial App Store
Writing for Protocol, David Pierce shares stories from developers who use TestFlight as an unofficial App Store.
TestFlight is not an alternative to the App Store, it’s a staging ground on the way there. Developers told me Apple doesn’t review TestFlight apps very intensively, other than to make sure they’re not fundamentally broken or obviously malicious. And if Apple’s already reviewed, say, version 1.0 of your app, they say it won’t even look at 1.0.1. It doesn’t think of TestFlight as a long-term home for apps.
A cool, clever workaround to the App Store’s strict rules.
Apple Seeds Developer Beta 5 for iOS 14, watchOS 7
Apple seeded developer beta 5 for iOS 14, iPadOS 14, and watchOS 7 on Tuesday, two weeks after developer beta 4 was released.
TV Tuesday: TV+ Bundle, Apple Music 1 – TMO Daily Observations 2020-08-18
John Martellaro and Charlotte Henry join host Kelly Guimont to discuss Apple’s new Showtime/CBS bundle and a rebranded Music Radio station.
The Launch of Apple Music Radio
There is a new clip out to celebrate the launch of Apple Music radio. It features many of the top artists that host shows on the newly rebranded radio outlet, including Elton John and Snoop Dogg, amongst others.
This ex-Apple ad Manager Created The Ultimate Golf Cart
Brad Payne is a former digital advertising manager for Apple News. Fast Company revealed the story of how he created the Walker Trolley golf cart. You can certainly see the influence of his time at Apple in the story.
Golf cart design became mainly focused on “how tight can I fold it. Put a knob here, another hinge there. Put a racing stripe on it!” Trying to create the smallest folding pushcart is, according to Payne, “a fine goal. A very utilitarian goal. But because of that, the industry kind of converged around a similar design. Everybody kind of copied everyone else.” The starting point for the Walker Trolley, Gibson says, was not how the thing was going to look in the trunk of a car. “Should it fold simply? Yeah, but that shouldn’t drive the design. We want it to present your bag in a beautiful way, using the materials that respect the past.”
