Siri Shortcuts were the thing Apple announced at WWDC that caught both Bryan Chaffin’s and Jeff Gamet’s imagination. They also talk about how cool ARKit 2 is, and how we are still in early, early days for AR. As awesome as AR on iOS is, Apple is still taking huge baby steps.
iPM 3-in-1 Fast Wireless Charging Pad: $48.99
We have a deal on the iPM 3-in-1 Fast Wireless Charging Pad. You can charge an Apple Watch and two Qi-enabled wireless charging mobile devices like iPhone X and iPhone 8 (or a Qi Android device), all at the same time. It’s $48.99 through our our deal.
AirPlay 2 Coming to Sonos in July
Sonos announced on Wednesday that AirPlay 2 will be coming to all compatible Sonos speakers in July. As previously noted, AirPlay 2 will work on the current generation Play:5, Playbase, Sonos One, and the newly-announced Sonos Beam.
AltConf and WWDC 2018 Interview: Rich Siegel
SAN JOSE – Jeff Gamet sits down with BBEdit maker Rich Siegel from Bare Bones at AltConf and WWDC 2018 to talk about the events, the Mac App Store, and more.
WWDC 2018 macOS Mojave Privacy, the Perils of Beta OS Versions - TMO Daily Observations 2018-06-06
Andrew Orr and Kelly Guimont join Jeff Gamet at Apple’s 2018 Worldwide Developer Conference to discuss privacy in macOS Mojave 10.14, and why installing developer betas isn’t for everyone. Bonus: Kelly is internet famous.
macOS Mojave Removes Third Party Internet Accounts
This fits into Apple’s larger narrative of enhancing privacy.
Quickly Change Between Light and Dark Mode in macOS With a Custom AppleScript App
It’s easy enough to change between light and dark modes in recent versions of macOS, but you still need to waste a few clicks heading to System Preferences. For those who want to change modes frequently, here’s how to build an AppleScript app that can do it with a single click!
iOS 12 Adds a Thesaurus to the Word Look Up Feature
iOS 12 includes the ability to add a thesaurus alongside your dictionary definitions when using the “Look Up” feature to examine a word. This is great because it, you know, helps you write good and stuff.
Apple Podcasts Now Hosts More Than 550,000 Active Shows, 18.5 Million Episodes
Apple this week announced that it now hosts more than 550,000 active podcasts with a total of 18.5 million episodes that have been downloaded or streamed 50 billion times.