4 days ago · Adam Engst 16 January 2025 45 comments Do You Use It? Backup Strategies Span the Gamut. The results of our poll asking about your backup strategy show that most TidBITS readers employ a variety of backup methods to facilitate recovery in different disaster scenarios.

Dec 16, 2024 · Weekly Issues Adam Engst 27 January 2025 #1740: Apple Intelligence in OS updates, watchOS 11 Vitals app, PolyCapture multi-source recording, WhatsApp Linked Devices warning, Siri flubs

Why does copy/paste sometimes not work between devices? TidBITS Talk. 26: 1346: January 29, 2025

Dec 16, 2024 · It is time to put 2024 in the rearview mirror with our final email issue of TidBITS for the year. I’ll keep an eye on what’s happening for the rest of the week and continue to participate in TidBITS Talk, but after that, I encourage you to join me in taking a break from the hustle and bustle of the tech world.

Deleting messages from Apple Watch deletes them from iPhone. TidBITS Talk. 7: 119: January 26, 2025

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Adam Engst 20 December 2024 8 comments The Trials and Tribulations of Keeping Up with Apple’s Security Lockdowns. Rogue Amoeba has finished moving its entire fleet of audio apps to its next-generation audio capture technology, a process that took three years after being forced by Apple security changes.

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4 days ago · Adam Engst explains why he finds his Grammarly subscription essential even after 35 years of professional writing, describing both its traditional proofreading features and new AI-powered paragraph-level enhancements. He also evaluates Apple Intelligence’s new Writing Tools, which fall short in comparison.