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The Take-a-Walk Edition Thursday, February 15, 2024

Why Walking Around In Public With Vision Pro Makes No Sense, by Samuel Axon, Ars Technica

Across Apple’s library of first-party apps, there’s not a single one that has given any consideration in its design for on-the-go use. And I couldn’t find any in the App Store, either.

So if you were considering taking a walk with the Vision Pro, save yourself the humiliation. There’s nothing to be gained by doing so.

Can You Use A Headless MacBook Air With A Vision Pro?, by Federico Viticci, MacStories

The idea of using headless MacBooks has been around for a while, but I was wondering if it’d find new life with the Vision Pro and the ability to virtualize a Mac display or use Universal Control with it. Which is why I’m very glad that Miani tried this first and confirmed that, yes, a headless MacBook Air totally works as a very expensive Vision Pro accessory.

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Apple Appears To Be Breaking iPhone Web Apps In The EU, by Emma Roth, The Verge

Apple had previously treated the ability to install web apps as an alternative to its App Store, despite web apps not being nearly as capable. It’s possible that since there are now going to be true alternative app stores, Apple is cutting off the ability to use this other app-like experience — one that it doesn’t control and doesn’t make money from.

Stuff

Apple Music Launches New Personalized 'Love' And 'Heartbreak' Stations, by Benjamin Mayo, 9to5Mac

The ‘Love Station’ has a romantic theme featuring songs about falling in love, whereas ‘Heartbreak’ features tracks about heartbreaks and sad love. Apple says these stations are deeply personalized to select the best music for each user, drawing from Apple Music’s catalog of more than 100 million songs.

DuckDuckGo’s Privacy Browser Adds Built-in Password Syncing, by Wes Davis, The Verge

DuckDuckGo has added a new “Sync & Backup” feature to its privacy-first browser that will keep passwords, bookmarks, and favorites constant across all of your devices — without setting up an account. Falling right in line with its usual claims that it won’t track you or collect your data, the company says that the data is end-to-end encrypted and that it “cannot access your data at any time.”

After 23 Years As A Fitness Industry Leader, Zumba Has Finally Launched Its First App, by Laura Rosenberg, Connect The Watts

For 23 years, Zumba has been a leader in dance fitness, and now the company has announced its first dip into the at-home workout world with its highly-anticipated Zumba app.

Vision Pro App Spotlight: My Favorite Digital Clock Apps For Vision Pro, by Federico Viticci, MacStories

Wouldn’t it be nice if you could always see a digital representation of the current time as a tiny window somewhere in your workspace? And wouldn’t it be even better if that digital clock had configuration options that, you know, a physical clock on a wall can’t offer?

10-year Old macOS Bug Still Causing Headaches For Mac Audiophiles, by Roman Loyola, Macworld

Fabian has been able to address the problem on his own with a third-party app called Balance Lock. The app does what its name implies—it runs in the background and check to make sure the Mac’s audio is balanced between its speakers. If not, it adjusts the audio and locks it in.

Notes

MLB TV To Offer Multiview Feature On Apple TV This Season, by Chance Miller, 9to5Mac

This year, however, MLB is bringing proper Multiview support to the Apple TV as well as other platforms. QUADBOX!

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I just noticed that I currently have twelve icons in my Mac's Dock, and there are only three colors for all eleven icons: Black, white, and blue.

The only exception: Messages, with its green and white icon.

Fortunately, blue is my favorite color. :-)

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Actually, the Trash icon is filled with papers and stuff of different colors, but they are so small that I didn't notice. I am now so tempted to empty the trash, but that will be silly.

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Thanks for reading.