Tag Archive for ‘MacRumors’

Juli Clover, writing for MacRumors:

Mozilla today said it is adding an ad blocker to Firefox for iOS, allowing users to block many third-party ads and ad-related trackers.

One of the reasons I went with Brave when I switched browsers a few years ago is because it had a built-in ad blocker on iOS. I’m glad Firefox is finally implementing the feature, but unfortunately, it isn’t as comprehensive as Brave’s offering. For example, and maybe most importantly, Firefox’s ad blocker doesn’t block ads on YouTube. Brave, however, handles those well and also gives you the option to completely hide YouTube Shorts as well.

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Hartley Charlton, writing for MacRumors:

Apple said it has heard user feedback, which it “deeply appreciates,” and is now making adjustments to the underlying foundations of how Liquid Glass is constructed. Chief among those changes is a new slider that lets users control transparency, ranging from fully opaque to completely clear.

I still haven’t updated to macOS 26 or iOS 26 because Liquid Glass is so bad.

I’ll be upgrading straight to 27 this fall and immediately slide this thing to opaque so fast it’ll make your head spin.

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Joe Rossignol, writing for MacRumors:

As noticed by @StellaFudge, and by other users who have installed the first macOS Tahoe beta, the Time Machine page in the System Settings app now indicates that the next major version of macOS — aka macOS 27 — will no longer support the AirPort Time Capsule or any other storage drives that use the Apple Filing Protocol (AFP).

When this change eventually ships, the only first-party way to backup a Mac without directly connecting a drive to it, is by sharing a drive/folder over the network from another Mac.

This can be done, of course, but is far more complicated for less tech-savvy users and means you’ll need to manage multiple Macs.

I wish Apple would just offer an elegant solution again — they never should have discontinued the Time Capsule.

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Eric Slivka, writing for MacRumors:

In the wake of yesterday’s court ruling in the dispute between Apple and Epic Games over Apple’s policies restricting developers’ ability to inform users about alternatives to making purchases through Apple’s in-app purchasing system, Apple has updated its App Review Guidelines to comply with the ruling. […]

Following the court ruling and with Apple’s policy changes, major app developers are already moving to make it easier for users to purchase or subscribe to content outside of the App Store, with Spotify already submitting an app update, Patreon indicating that it will do so, and ‌Epic Games‌ saying that it will bring Fortnite back to the U.S. ‌App Store‌.

It’s not clear how all of this will actually play out in practice, but it’s a step in the right direction for developers.

Apple really needs to get it together, though, and allow for apps to be installed from outside of the App Store. Continuing with the status quo will only subject them to more and more government scrutiny — forcing their hand on changes they’d rather not make.

If they want to have more control over the situation, they should just let us install apps from elsewhere. Even if it’s disabled by default and annoying to enable like it is on the Mac. At least then they’d have something to point to when the government comes knocking. The option is already available on Android and the majority of users still get their apps from the Google Play Store, which is evidence that a change like this on iOS is unlikely to have too much of an impact on Apple’s revenue.

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Juli Clover, writing for MacRumors:

Apple now has a dedicated iCloud Passwords add-on designed for the Firefox browser, which means Firefox users can access passwords and logins stored in the Passwords app or iCloud Keychain when using Firefox on a Mac. 

The extension requires macOS Sonoma or later and isn’t available for Firefox on Windows or other operating systems. But it’s a start, at least.

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Seems like a solid update to me. I still wish they would offer some degree of upgradability in their machines. Even if they just added an M.2 slot in the bottom that you could use to add some internal storage.

But I’m sure Apple won’t be releasing hardware with those capabilities any time soon. It’s unfortunate.

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Joe Rossignol, reporting for MacRumors:

Notably, Apple confirmed to us that emulators on the App Store are permitted to load ROMs downloaded from the web, so long as the app is emulating retro console games only. Apple also said it had approved iGBA’s functionality, before learning that it was a knockoff app, suggesting that Game Boy emulation is permitted on the App Store, but the company has yet to share any other examples of retro game consoles.

I learned about iGBA on the App Store when Retro Game Corps published a YouTube short highlighting it. I was going to write about it here on Monday and discovered that it had been removed.

I’m happy to learn that there wasn’t a mixup in app review and that emulators are allowed. I think there’s some question about what Apple considers to be “retro” emulation, though.

My suspicion is that Apple isn’t going to make an explicit decision on this and will, instead, rely on their policy of restricting access to JIT to limit what their hardware is capable of emulating.

Without access to JIT, current emulators that are available through sideload are only able to emulate up to PlayStation, Nintendo 64, and Sega Saturn for home consoles and PSP and some Nintendo 3DS for handheld consoles.

Regardless, though, I look forward to seeing more emulators make their way onto the App Store.

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Juli Clover, writing for MacRumors:

Apple’s Chief Operating Officer Jeff Williams today told approximately 2,000 employees working on the ‌Apple Car‌ that the project was canceled, and the information reportedly came as a surprise.

They had two thousand people working on this thing? Seriously?

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