USB-C cables look alike but vary wildly in capability. WhatCable, a free utility for Apple silicon Macs, shows you exactly ...

The impetus for SetShot came from helping a friend track down an iPhone connectivity problem that turned out to be related to iCloud Private Relay being enabled during an iOS update (see “Yet Another ...

In TidBITS Talk, there was a recent discussion about when computers were fun. Although it’s easy for those of us who have been working with Macs for decades to get grumpy about the good old days, the ...

A renewal notice for the Jetpack Search feature I use to search to power the TidBITS search engine alerted me that Jetpack Search has launched a beta AI Answers feature. I’m always game to try new ...

One of the core tenets of this AppBITS column is that I can use it to write about apps that I think some of you may like, even if they aren’t likely to make their way into my everyday use.

AI winds its way through all three articles in this week’s issue. Adam Engst argues that AI-powered coding tools like Claude Code are finally fulfilling HyperCard’s decades-old promise of letting ...

My son Tristan was visiting recently while on vacation and took the opportunity to replace his base-level M1 MacBook Air (8 GB / 256 GB) with a new M5 MacBook Air with 16 GB of memory and 512 GB of ...

Apple has released security updates for macOS 26 Tahoe, macOS 15 Sequoia, and macOS 14 Sonoma to patch a Screen Sharing vulnerability that could allow unauthenticated access—Adam Engst recommends ...

Apple issued Logic Pro 12.3 back in July with a cornucopia of enhancements and stability improvements for the professional audio app. The release updated the Beat Breaker feature with new filter and ...