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The Another-After-Another Edition Tuesday, May 6, 2025

How To Automate Your Life With Apple's Shortcuts App, by Lance Whitney, PC Magazine

You probably spend a lot of time on your iPhone, iPad, or Mac running one task after another after another across a variety of apps. Think how much time you could save if you automated those tasks or combined them into a single action. You can do all that and more with Apple's Shortcuts app.

On App Stores

Apple Files Appeal To Wrest Back Control Of Its App Store, by Sarah Jeong, The Verge

After a stinging rebuke in the lower courts over its legal battle with Epic, Apple filed a notice of appeal to the Ninth Circuit on Monday. The appeal will challenge last week’s ruling that prevents the company from charging developers fees on purchases made outside the App Store.

Apple Faces Developer Lawsuit After Defying App Store Injunction, by Juli Clover, MacRumors

Apple is being sued by developers unhappy with the company's "willful violation" of the anti-steering injunction the court ordered as part of its legal battle with Epic Games. A company called Pure Sweat Basketball has teamed up with law firm Hagens Berman to file a class-action lawsuit against Apple in an attempt to win some money for developers.

Stuff

Apple Introduces The 2025 Pride Collection, by Apple

Ahead of Pride Month, Apple is introducing a new Apple Watch Pride Edition Sport Band, watch face, and iPhone and iPad wallpaper to celebrate the strength and beauty of LGBTQ+ communities around the world. The Pride Edition Sport Band is available to order today, and the matching, dynamic watch face and wallpaper will be available in an upcoming software update.

Apple And EA Sports Announce New Way To Watch MLS Matches For Free, by Joe Rossignol, MacRumors

Apple and EA Sports today jointly announced that four selected MLS Season Pass matches will be streamed for free in the FC Mobile app on the iPhone and iPad.

SwitchBot Wallet Finder Is An Incredibly Useful Accessory To Track Your Wallet With iPhone Find My, by Benjamin Mayo, 9to5Mac

If used for its intended purpose, the SwitchBot Wallet Finder is a very effective and great value for money. While obviously designed to be kept inside a wallet, it even has a built-in hole cutout if you did want to slip it on some kind of lanyard or keychain. I highly recommend it.

Perhaps the only drawback to be aware of is that the Wallet Finder card has no means of replacing the battery. It is a single use consumable, rated for about 3 years of usage. But the contents of your wallet are valuable enough that it probably makes financial sense to simply buy another when it eventually dies. You just have to be okay with yourself regarding the environmental waste.

PopChar 10.4, by Agen Schmitz, TidBITS

Ergonis Software has released PopChar 10.4 with a new option to view passwords in clear text for easier typo checking.

Hyperspace 1.3, by Agen Schmitz, TidBITS

After adding support for package directories (Photos libraries, for example) in version 1.1 and cloud storage files in version 1.2, Hyperspace 1.3 adds support for scanning Library folders.

6 MacOS Terminal Apps That Are Much Better Than Apple's Default - And They're Free, by Jack Wallen, ZDNet

I always turn to an alternative terminal app when on MacOS. If you're interested in doing the same, I've rounded up what I consider to be the six best MacOS terminal applications, and I'm certain one of these will serve your needs perfectly.

Notes

Apple Admits It May Need To Raise Prices To Deal With Tariffs, by David Price, Macworld

Apple may soon be forced to put up prices in response to the ongoing tariff war–and that’s not a pundit saying that, but one of the company’s own official statements.

On page 23 of its latest 10-Q SEC filing (which you can read on the Investor Relations web page), Apple discusses risk factors which could affect its operations and stock price.

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Like everyone else, I use my desktop/laptop computer differently than my pocket computer, so it will be nonsensical to compare whether I enjoy using Mac computers more or less than using iPhone computers.

However, when I think about it, I do find joy using Macs, which I do not when I am using iPhones. This is not to say I hate or dislike using iPhones; it's just that there isn't joy.

My guess is that I regularly use a Windows computer too, being forced to use one at work. So, when I am using my Mac, I know how much worse it can get. Whereas I've never used Androids, and I haven't use any other smartphones in decades. (Palm!) So I don't have a reference to compare iPHones with.

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