new Apple privacy statement

Our business model is very straightforward: We sell great products. We don’t build a profile based on your email content or web browsing habits to sell to advertisers. We don’t “monetize” the information you store on your iPhone or in iCloud. And we don’t read your email or your messages to get information to market […]

Apple restricts use of consumer health data

With added language to the developer license agreement, Apples guidelines now state that a developer “must not sell an end-users health information collected through the HealthKit APIs to advertising platforms, data brokers, or information resellers.” Developers are also banned from even accessing the information in HealthKit unless it is absolutely crucial to the functioning of […]

Integrating women into the Apple community

Next year at WWDC, I want to see at least one woman in a public speaking role during the WWDC keynote. There are many bright, smart, well-spoken female Apple engineers; let’s put them on stage and be role models for their peers and our daughters. Or Apple’s Angela Ahrendts, who may not be a developer, […]

Power User Tools & Tips

On Saturday I gave a talk at the Main Line Mac Users Group (MLMUG) meeting in Paoli, PA. The title was “Power User Tools and Tips” and I talked about some of my favorite apps which I suspect aren’t widely known. I also talked about some features of OS X that I find are overlooked or underused by […]

Wi-Fi Tips

Use same SSID for all radios on the same network Deal with congestion with more access points using less power Don’t use “Wide” 40MHz channels on 2.4GHz Be smart about antenna orientation 4 Wi-Fi Tips from Former Apple Wi-Fi Engineer – The Mac Observer.

Google and Mac Mail

This guide to How to Get Google and Mac Mail Living in Harmony looks detailed & accurate. This is how my accounts are set up.

Colophon

Look, I updated my site! I had a few goals: I wanted to flex my front-end web skills and get a feel for current practices. I wanted a responsive design that would look good on iPhones, iPads, and Macs. I wanted to move to a CMS, so I could make tweaks and edits from anywhere. […]

The Origin of ⌘

The Origin of The Apple Command Icon. “In Sweden, the Apple menu command symbol is actually used in street signs to indicate a point of interest or attraction in a campground. … A castle in Borgholm, as seen from above, looks just like the Point of Interest symbol.”

always do the right thing

Kellie McElhaney, a professor at the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley, said she “gets nervous” when C.E.O.s talk about doing what is “right”. Tim Cook, Making Apple His Own – NYTimes.com What a disgusting thing to say!

Preventing User and Hardware Tracking

Preventing User and Hardware Tracking in Mobile Devices | A Few Guys Coding Blog Looks like this guy and his graduate thesis are responsible for a significant real-world privacy win that Apple will deliver to users in iOS 8: Today, unscrupulous companies are selling technology to retailers that lets them track your smartphone as it […]