USB-C cables look alike but vary wildly in capability. WhatCable, a free utility for Apple silicon Macs, shows you exactly ...
Have you ever suspected macOS of silently changing your settings during an update? Adam Engst’s free SetShot captures and ...
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 ...
Tired of checking Terminal to see if your script finished? TerminalWidget displays command line output, Shortcuts results, ...
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 the extensive TidBITS archive alerted me that Jetpack Search has launched a beta AI Answers feature. I’m always game to try new things, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...