Notices by Kirk McElhearn (mcelhearn@journa.host)

Am I alone in being underwhelmed by the iPhone 16 Pro? I upgraded from a 14 Pro, only because of Apple Intelligence (to write about), but the differences are minimal. Yes, better camera, as always, but I find the camera control to be finicky and hard to work with.

Apple Intelligence? Proofreading an article, it changed macOS Sequoia to macOS Sierra.

My guess is the LLM was trained on old data, and doesn't know that macOS Sequoia exists.

@WarnerCrocker @glennf I wish Biden had announced that he was dropping out on the day that Trump excepted the nomination at the Republican national convention.

Apple ID Password Reset: What We Know

A large number of Apple users had to reset their Apple ID passwords recently. They were not attacked, and Apple has not explained what happened.

https://kirkville.com/apple-id-password-reset-what-we-know/

From the department of “50% of everyone is below average.”

@davemark I’d like to see an iPad mini with thinner bezels and Face ID. I also have an 11 inch iPad Pro, but the iPad mini is what I use almost every day.

Apple distributed fake crypto finance apps in App Store, leading to $100K losses - The Mac Security Blog https://www.intego.com/mac-security-blog/apple-distributed-fake-crypto-finance-apps-in-app-store-leading-to-100k-losses/