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The Even-If-You-Want-To Edition Wednesday, February 26, 2025

What Apple Pulling UK Advanced Data Protection Means For You, by Liv McMahon, BBC

Your iCloud data will remain protected by standard encryption and, as before, can still be accessed by Apple.

But it does mean you now cannot apply to protect iCloud storage with end to end encryption, even if you want to.

Parallels Desktop Has Some Worrying Security Flaws For Mac Users, by Sead Fadilpašić, TechRadar

Parallels Desktop apparently has some worrying flaws which could put Mac users at serious risk attack. The flaws were first spotted in mid-2024, and after not being properly fixed, a researcher decided to publish working exploits.

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Photoshop Is Finally Available On The iPhone, by Jason Cross, Macworld

Adobe says it has built the app “from the ground up” with an interface that keeps the intensive layering and adjustments that are the core of the Photoshop experience while remaining useable on a small screen.

You’ll find a lot of the features you’re used to on the desktop or iPad: layering, compositing, blending, spot healing, tons of fonts and effects, powerful selection and masking tools, and even AI stuff like generative fill, generative expand, and Firefly image generation tools.

This New Lumafusion Feature Unlocks Even More Creativity, by Fernando Silva, 9to5Mac

This new feature enables LumaFusion users to build elaborate stories using 12 tracks of video and 12 tracks of audio

'Framous' For Mac Is The Best Way To Frame Your Screenshots, by Chance Miller, 9to5Mac

The app aims to be the best way to add device frames to screenshots.

Hyperspace For Mac Is A New App That Reclaims Disk Space Without Actually Deleting Files, by Zac Hall, 9to5Mac

Is your Mac running low on local storage? Try this new app before you start sacrificing files.

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Apple's Developer Service Comes To China's WeChat, by Sarah Perez, TechCrunch

As part of its efforts to further invest in the Chinese market, Apple announced this week that it’s bringing its Apple Developer service to China’s WeChat app. The service includes news, announcements, and other upcoming activities for members of the developer community, which have typically been offered via Apple’s website and its own Developer app.

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Apple Shareholders Vote To Keep Its Diversity Policies, by Aditya Soni and Stephen Nellis, Reuters

Apple shareholders voted to keep the tech giant's diversity, equity and inclusion policies on Tuesday, a win for management which had opposed efforts by a conservative group to scrap the program.

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Apple CEO Tim Cook said at Tuesday's meeting the company's "strength has always come from hiring the very best people and then providing a culture of collaboration, one where people with diverse backgrounds and perspectives come together to innovate." But Cook added that "as the legal landscape around these issues evolves, we may need to make some changes to comply, but our North Star of dignity and respect for everyone and our work to that end will never waver."

Indonesia Says Apple Should Soon Be Able To Sell iPhone 16s, by Stanley Widianto and Ananda Teresia, Reuters

Apple will soon be able to sell its iPhone 16 phones in Indonesia after the two sides agreed on a number of deals, including a manufacturing plant and a research and development centre, the industry minister said on Wednesday.

A Talk Show Pair, by Dr. Drang, And Now It’s All This

This discussion came back to me as I walked around campus and found it difficult to get into some buildings—buildings that were almost always open to everyone who came along back when I was a student here. This isn’t new to me, and it isn’t true of most buildings, at least not during normal classroom hours. But you need credentials to get into some places during the day and most places in the evening. The shift in emphasis from campus openness to campus safety parallels what we see in the Mac. And as with the Mac, something has been lost with this shift. I’m not saying it isn’t the right choice. There’s no particular reason 64-year-old alumni should be able go wherever they like. But there’s definitely a different feel.

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Honestly, I didn't realize Photoshop is not available on iPhone until now.

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