Remember when Apple products had personality? Colorful iMacs, handles on iBooks, texture you could feel? Adam Engst argues that Apple’s obsession with luxury aesthetics has led to a decade of cold, ...

After trying to redeem an Apple Gift Card, Apple developer and author Paris Buttfield-Addison was locked out of his Apple Account with no explanation. Despite extensive media coverage and contact from ...

Following its traditional mid-December schedule, Apple has released the 26.2 updates across its operating systems, featuring a mix of focused enhancements and bug fixes. The most surprising new ...

In “Comparing the Classic and Unified Views in iOS 26’s Phone App” (10 November 2025), I wrote about the Classic view’s Recents screen: Tapping a recent call dials it, whereas tapping the ⓘ button to ...

Once Thanksgiving is over, Tonya and I like to play holiday music from an extensive playlist we’ve built up over the years. However, getting that playlist working this year proved intensely ...

Last month, among all the usual email I received was an anxious missive from a TidBITS reader—we’ll call her Beverley, largely because that’s her name. While walking down the street in El Calafate, a ...

Humor columnist—and inveterate iPad misplacer—Dave Barry shares an embarrassing incident: The reason we laughed is that a year and a half ago, I placed this very same iPad on top of this very same ...

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My mother just called me to report that the 1Password icon had disappeared from her Mac’s menu bar and that something was “funny” with the app in her Applications folder, although she was still able ...

As 2025 winds down, many readers will receive TidBITS membership renewal notices via email. If you’re among them, thank you in advance for renewing—we rely on your continued support! If you have ...

With this final email issue, we’re signing off for 2025. I’ll keep watch for late-breaking news and chime in on TidBITS Talk through the week; after that, I invite you to step back with me and enjoy a ...