Today, Apple took a shellacking in the Epic lawsuit with the court finding the company in violation of its earlier 2021 App-Store-related injunction. The 80-page ruling did not mince words: “Internally, Phillip Schiller had advocated that Apple comply with the injunction, but Tim Cook…
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Simple Scan: From Documents to PDFs in Seconds (Sponsor)
Scanning apps on iOS have taken a turn for the worse. Many have become bloated with features. Monetization schemes have multiplied. That’s what Greg Pierce (maker of Drafts) realized when he wanted to scan a document to a PDF. The good news is that…
Continue reading →YouTube and Vision Pro
The announcement that YouTube will no longer allow Christian Selig to publish Juno for Vision Pro is disappointing but not surprising. I remember when companies that made content for the internet wanted everyone to have the best possible experience. Things today feel quite the opposite. Not…
Continue reading →The Problem with Vision Pro App Store
Lately, I’ve been challenged when using App Store for Vision Pro. Specifically, there’s no easy way to find the most recently released visionOS applications. While Apple does have a “new” category, a lot of apps in it were available on launch day. As somebody…
Continue reading →Using PopClip (MacSparky Labs)
PopClip keeps, well, popping up in my videos, and it’s spurred quite a few questions… This is a post for MacSparky Labs Level 3 (Early Access) and Level 2 (Backstage) Members only. Care to join? Or perhaps do you need to sign in?
More App Store Troubles
Apple’s App Stores need a lot of work. There was a news piece yesterday about how scam developers made scam authenticator apps in response to Twitter now charging for two-factor authentication. One charged users $40 per year. The trouble is not Twitter (though charging…
Continue reading →Apple Needs to Get More Aggressive with Scam Apps
Recently in Australia, Apple featured some scam apps in one of their App Store promotions. It’s not surprising that even App Store marketing folks can get confused by scam apps. Last week a non-geek friend called me about his iPhone. He wanted my opinion…
Continue reading →App Store Scams Need to End
Last week the FlickType developer sued Apple for, among other reasons, failing to police App Store scams. I think Apple could do a better job at this. I’ve heard from several app developer friends bemoan the existence of copycat apps made to confuse their…
Continue reading →iOS Customer Preferences
9to5 Mac linked to this Creative Strategies report concerning App Store user preferences. There are a few points of note. Many Users Rely on Google to Find Apps Only 16% of the surveyed iOS users exclusively rely on the App Store to find new…
Continue reading →Apple Bends, Slightly
Reports are coming out that Apple has softened its stance toward third party iPhone application developers. It has begun to approve video streaming applications (bet I’m not the only one waiting for Qik) and Macworld reports Apple is even letting applications with private API…
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