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The Intelligent-Protection Edition Saturday, September 3, 2022

Apple Wasn’t Fooling When It Said It Wanted To Make Macs More Secure, by Jonny Evans, Computerworld

What this means is that Apple is introducing a degree of on-device intelligent malware protection to Macs. This intelligent protection can easily be updated with new malware definitions. In sum, it means the company has built an even bigger wall to protect against the poisons that lurk outside its PC garden.

Apple Maps Turns 10 — And It’s Finally Worth Using, by Jay Peters, The Verge

The app had one of the roughest starts of any Apple product in recent memory, but the company has invested enough into it to make it a great mapping app and a capable competitor to Google Maps. The changes represent one of the biggest product turnarounds of the last decade.

Apple Watch Series 7 And SE Supply Dwindles In Lead Up To Apple Event, by Chance Miller, 9to5Mac

Apple’s Online Store indicates that the majority of Apple Watch Series 7 variants are unavailable for delivery ahead of next week’s event. You’ll still find some variants available for shipping, while a larger number of variants is still available for in-store pickup.

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You’re Being Tracked Through Your Email. Here’s How To Stop It., by Sara Morrison, Vox

I subscribe to a lot of newsletters. I read most of them, too. But their authors wouldn’t know it because I’ve disabled the trackers that detect and tell the senders when subscribers open their emails. It’s nothing personal; I just don’t want anyone knowing what I read, when, how many times I read it, the device I read it on, and even where I was when I read it. How about you?

The ShiftCam SnapGrip Is A MagSafe Battery Pack With A Killer Twist, by Will Sabel Courtney, Gear Patrol

Once mated to the likes of a MagSafe iPhone — a task that's as quick as connecting any other MagSafe accessory — the combo of grip-and-phone honestly feels like nothing so much as a good old-fashioned point-and-shoot. It's a sturdy enough mating that you can shoot one-handed, although I generally used a two-handed grip for security and stability — much as I generally would with a real camera.

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Apple’s Car Is Beloved Before It Even Exists, by David Welch, Bloomberg

If semiconductor shortages, recession risks and the once-a-century shift in propulsion weren’t enough to keep auto executives up at night, here’s one more sleep disruptor: Consumers are keen to buy an Apple car before one even exists.

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That’s serious brand power and suggests there would be significant appetite for autos alongside all those phones, computers, watches and television boxes.

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I really like macOS's ability to hide apps. Just press Command-H and, boom, the app is out of your face. Just press Cmd-Opt-H and, boom, all other apps are out of your face.

The best thing about hiding apps is that all the hidden apps are also hidden in other macOS features: Mission Control and macOS Dock will also hide all the hidden windows for you.

The only thing I don't like is that I can't hide all apps, including Finder. Once you've hidden all other apps and you are left with one single app, you can't hide this app anymore. What I would like is to hide all apps, leaving me with a clean desktop and the Dock.

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