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The oldest continuously published technology publication on the Internet, TidBITS brings you the Apple Macintosh, iPhone, iPad, and iPod news, reviews, tips, and commentary that matters. Join us each week for audio versions of award-winning coverage from industry stalwarts Adam Engst, Glenn Fleishman, Julio Ojeda-Zapata, Michael Cohen, Rich Mogull, Jeff Carlson, Tonya Engst, and others.
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What better day than Friday the 13th to check that your backups are actually working by restoring some critical files?By Adam Engst
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Apple’s Q2 2018 Financials Prove iPhone X Doubters Wrong
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3:49Apple marked its sixth consecutive quarter of accelerating revenue growth, saw the iPhone X boost the average selling price of iPhones to new heights, and further expanded its services and wearables businesses.By Michael E. Cohen
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Apple News Survey Results: Regular Use or Not at All
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1:34When it comes to Apple News, TidBITS readers either use it or they don’t — there isn’t a lot of middle ground. Some of that is due to geographic limitations. What’s your opinion?By Adam Engst
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The Royole Moon claims to be a “3D mobile theater” that provides a “truly immersive, 3D movie watching or gaming experience.” And it does, but that can prove awkward in the real world.By Adam Engst
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iOS 11.3.1 Fixes Bug on iPhone 8 Units Repaired with Third-Party Displays
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1:56Apple has released iOS 11.3.1 to address a problem where iOS 11.3 disabled touch input on iPhone 8 models that had received third-party screen repairs. It also provides security fixes for everyone.By Josh Centers
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Apple to Replace Faulty Batteries in Non-Touch Bar 13-Inch MacBook Pros
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1:31Those of you with non-Touch Bar models of the 13-inch MacBook Pro should swing by Apple's Web site to see if your Mac may be covered by a program that replaces batteries that could expand, damaging the laptop.By Adam Engst
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A Prairie HomeKit Companion: The Ecobee 4 Thermostat
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10:16Josh Centers is back to smartening up his home with a smart thermostat, the Ecobee 4. But it may be more than he bargained for and way more than he needed.By Josh Centers
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Do you use Apple News? We’re running a survey to see how often you turn to the News app to find out what’s happening in the world. And we’re happy to announce that TidBITS is now fully available in Apple News Format.By Adam Engst
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macOS 10.13.4 Causing Installation Log Failures
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4:38If you’re running macOS 10.13.3 High Sierra, and you restart, it’s possible that you’ll see an Installation Log screen and an error telling you that the macOS installation couldn’t be completed. Here’s how to recover.By Adam Engst
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Last year at WWDC, Apple said that High Sierra would be the last version of macOS to run 32-bit apps “without compromise.” The recently released macOS 10.13.4 takes the next step in that direction by alerting users the first time they launch a 32-bit app. Here’s what we know.By Josh Centers
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iOS 11 quietly introduced a camera level that helps you take pictures that don't suffer from skewed sides. Read on to learn how you enable and use this subtle feature.By Josh Centers
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macOS 10.13.4 Breaks Third-Party Dual-Display Systems
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2:31If you rely on a third-party solution like AirDisplay, DisplayLink, Duet, or iDisplay for extending your display to a second screen, hold off on upgrading to macOS 10.13.4 High Sierra, since it currently breaks those products.By Adam Engst
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AgileBits has introduced 1Password Business, which extends the subscription-based password-management service to large organizations. New features include finely grained access control, custom roles, activity logs, and usage reporting.By Adam Engst
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WWDC 2018 Returns to San Jose on June 4th through 8th
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1:43Apple has announced WWDC 2018 dates and that the location will remain in San Jose. If you’re interested in attending, get your name in the lottery by March 22nd.By Josh Centers
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Apple Acquires the Digital Magazine Service Texture
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2:53It looks like Apple will be getting into digital magazine subscriptions with the acquisition of Texture, which provides its subscribers with access to several hundred magazines for a flat monthly fee. Apple was silent on its plans for the service.By Adam Engst
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Canon Pixma iP110: Printing Without Wires
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12:50For anyone who needs to print in situations where there are no power outlets and where cables would be fussy, the battery-powered, Wi-Fi-enabled Canon Pixma iP110 is a reasonably priced, robust solution.By Adam Engst
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Bad Apple #2: Alphabetize Settings in iOS
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10:30Navigating the Settings app in iOS has become ever more difficult over the years — did you know there are over 1200 options in it? — but in this installment of Bad Apple, we have a radical suggestion that could make most trips to the top level of the Settings less frustrating: alphabetization!By Adam Engst
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Facebook Shows Why SMS Isn’t Ideal for Two-Factor Authentication
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1:16Facebook is sending its two-factor authentication users text messages they don’t want. This situation provides yet another reason why you should use a dedicated app for generating two-factor authentication codes instead of SMS.By Josh Centers
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Apple Launches Repair Program for iPhone 7 “No Service” Issues
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1:26Some iPhone 7 models are showing “No Service” messages even when cellular coverage is available due to a failed logic board component. Apple has announced a repair program to fix the problem for free.By Josh Centers
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New Ways to Control Your Apple TV in iOS 11.2.5 and iTunes 12.7.3
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2:14Apple quietly slipped some new remote control capabilities into iOS 11.2.5 and iTunes 12.7.3. Josh Centers explains how to take advantage of them.By Josh Centers
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Apple Posts Record Profits in Q1 2018, Though Unit Sales Flatten
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7:14Apple’s revenues and profits grew at record rates during the first fiscal quarter of 2018, but signs of softer unit sales indicate that more of the company’s money is coming from higher-priced, higher-margin products. The other big winners were the Services and Other Products categories.By Michael E. Cohen
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Fixing PDFs Whose Pages Render as Black Rectangles in Preview
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2:21If Preview is displaying some PDFs as black rectangles instead of pages, even though their thumbnails are correct, you can solve the problem in a non-obvious way: by recalibrating your display.By Adam Engst
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Apple to Deprecate Many macOS Server Services
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3:10In a move that has surprised few, Apple has announced via a support note that it will be deprecating nearly all the remaining services in macOS Server. In the future, macOS Server will “focus on management of computers, devices, and storage on your network.” Time to start looking for alternatives for everything else macOS Server does for you.…
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Bad Apple #1: iCloud Photo Library Re-uploading
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10:29In this inaugural Bad Apple column, Adam Engst explores what happens to iCloud Photo Library when you turn iCloud off and back on. A preview: it took a 90-minute call with Apple to discover that the “expected behavior” requires a temporary upgrade to an unnecessary storage plan and then a 60-minute call to get the charge for that plan reversed.…
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CARROT Weather Predicts Cloudy with a Chance of Snark
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5:13CARROT Weather’s AI would kill you if it could, but since it can’t, it instead provides accurate and attractive weather forecasts. Josh Centers explains why CARROT Weather has become his favorite weather app.By Josh Centers
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