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The Get-On-Board Edition Saturday, August 24, 2024

MacOS Should Permit People To Take Risks, by Nick Heer, Pixel Envy

Apple’s message was to get on board — and fast — with ScreenCaptureKit. ScreenCaptureKit was only the first part of this migration for developers. The second part — returning to the all-important “and” from the 15.0 release notes — is SCContentSharingPicker. That is the selection window you may have seen if you have recently tried screen sharing with, say, FaceTime.

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This makes sense for a lot of screen recording use cases — for example, if someone is making a demo video, or if they are showing their screen in an online meeting. But if someone is trying to remotely access a computer, there is a sort of Möbius strip of permissions where you need to be able to see the remote screen in order to grant access to be able to see the screen. The Persistent Content Capture entitlement is designed to fix that specific use case.

Coming Soon?

Apple Targets Sept. 10 Debut For New iPhones, AirPods And Watches, by Mark Gurman, Bloomberg

Apple Inc. is planning to hold its biggest product launch event of the year on Sept. 10, when the company will unveil the latest iPhones, watches and AirPods, according to people familiar with the situation.

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The company is also planning to begin transitioning its Macs over to M4 processors later this year, but Mac updates typically don’t arrive until about a month after the annual iPhone launch.

Stuff

This Dead-simple, To-do App Takes Minimalism To The Max, by JR Raphael, Fast Company

But mostly, it works by simply staying out of your way and allowing you to focus on your actual to-do items instead of obsessing over the organization of your to-do list.

‘Pachinko’ Moves Beyond The Book In A Stirring, Gorgeous Season 2, by Alison Herman, Variety

This season of “Pachinko” builds to many crescendoes, each more tearful than the last. Yet, from devastating deaths to star-crossed loves to harrowing cataclysms, the show never feels like it’s resorting to cheap sentiment. “Pachinko” is, tangibly, a labor of love, from the intimate family dynamics it depicts to the massive collective effort required to bring a dual period piece to life. Season 2 honors what came before it while striking out on its own, just as Sunja would want for her own successors.

Notes

Did You Lose Your AirPods?, by Alex Yancey

A friend found some AirPods on the ground and tapped them to his phone, revealing only the serial number and the last four digits of the owner's number. He turned to me for help.

Bottom of the Page

Some days, I dream about all the devices that I will want to own so that when I eventually retire, I can have fun writing programs for whatever stuff I like to create, listening to podcasts and audiobooks all day, and watching all the Apple TV+ shows.

And on other days, I noted the word 'dream'.

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