Have windows on your Mac started to expand to fill the screen since you upgraded to macOS 15 Sequoia? That’s the idea behind one of Sequoia’s new window tiling dragging shortcuts, but it’s off-putting when you’re not expecting it. Apple understandably chose to turn these features on by default because no one would find them otherwise, but having windows change size underneath your pointer can be jarring. Luckily, new settings in Sequoia let you move windows around your Mac without having them jump around.
Apple has returned to using two 128GB storage chips in the new Mac mini with 256GB of storage, according to a partial teardown video shared on social media today. This means the base-model Mac mini with the M4 chip will not have significantly slower SSD speeds compared to higher-end configurations of the computer with 512GB, 1TB, or 2TB of storage, as multiple NAND chips allows for faster SSD read and write speeds.
Apple’s key holiday extended return policy has officially started. Apple says that most products received between November 8, 2025 and December 25, 2024 may be returned through January 8, 2025.
Luckily, these days, there’s an app for just about everything, including quite a few aimed at helping people learn strategies for overcoming procrastination and executive dysfunction.
At least based on current understanding, there is no risk of permanent data loss. Notes remain available on other devices, and sync back to the iPhone after the bug is mitigated.
In a law enforcement and forensic expert only group chat, Christopher Vance, a forensic specialist at Magnet Forensics, said “We have identified code within iOS 18 and higher that is an inactivity timer. This timer will cause devices in an AFU state to reboot to a BFU state after a set period of time which we have also identified.” AFU refers to After First Unlock, which is when somebody, presumably the phone’s owner, has unlocked the device at least once since being powered on, and which generally can make it easier for law enforcement to unlock. BFU, or Before First Unlock, is when a user has not unlocked the phone since it was turned on, and is typically a harder state for forensic tools to crack.
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“Remember that the real threat here is not police. It’s the kind of people who will steal your iPhone for malign purposes,” Matthew Green, a cryptographer and associate professor at Johns Hopkins University, told 404 Media. “This feature means that if your phone gets stolen, the thieves can’t nurse it along for months until they develop the tech to crack it.”
Come to think of it, I have never even given Stage Manager a good proper try. The 'classical' way of managing apps and windows on a Mac is so second nature to me that I see no point in learning something different.
Thank goodness Apple didn't mess around with the basic elements of the Mac OS, and something that is so preserved in my brain can continue to be useful.
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