Notices by Dave Mark (davemark@mastodon.social)

“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”
— George Orwell, 1984

Apple TV+ created Schmigadoon!, a comic take on the Broadway musical Brigadoon.

Schmigadoon! was innovative, but didn't find an audience, got canceled after 2 seasons.

Now Schmigadoon! is coming to the Kennedy Center as a live stage play (details via the gift link below).

A TV series based on a Broadway musical, gets turned into an actual Broadway-adjacent musical.

A bit meta. But from Apple.

https://wapo.st/4gQXVBo
#Apple

Ricky Mondello responds to the 404 Media post on passwords and magic links with this detailed explanation of passkeys.

Passkeys are the next gen authentication standard that Apple (and the FIDO Alliance and W3C) support.

Worth understanding passkeys. Ricky knows tons about this and his explainer does a great job laying out all the pieces.

https://rmondello.com/2025/01/02/magic-links-and-passkeys/
#Apple

The highlight of this "Rare Look Inside Apple's Secret iPhone 16 Camera Labs" is the mention of the new "Audio Mix" feature.

- Shoot a video on your iPhone
- Open the video in Photos
- Tap the edit button (looks like 3 sliders)
- Tap "Audio Mix"

Play around with it. If you make use of the built in iPhone mics, this is for you.

https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/a-billion-pixels-a-second-i-got-a-rare-look-inside-apples-secret-iphone-16-camera-labs/
#Apple #Movies

Om Malik celebrates the stent, a tiny device that saved his life back when the iPhone was born.

Great essay, learned so much about stents. Particularly fascinating is that GLP-1 drugs reduce cardiac risks and, thus, the need for a stent in the first place.

Good health, Om!!!

https://om.co/2024/12/28/the-story-of-stent/
#Health #Science

"Knowing your own darkness is the best method of dealing with the darknesses of other people."
-- Carl Jung

The Internet Archive collection of classic computer magazines, including:

- Macworld
- Byte
- MacUser
- Commodore
- Amiga
- Macweek

And many, many more.

Huge wave of nostalgia. Fully readable. Enjoy... ❤️

https://archive.org/details/computermagazines
#History

Just got my new US passport. It is awesome as hell. A boatload of new technology in these new ones. I like it a lot.

PSA: If you’ve got a passport, check the expiration date. If you are within 6 weeks of international travel, you’ll have to renew in person. I did mine on line, got my new one in less than a month.
#Travel

"Most iPhone owners see little to no value in Apple Intelligence so far"

Interesting post from @benlovejoy

Not surprised by this take. There's not one bit of Apple Intelligence that thrills me.

YET.

I do believe it'll get there, and I'm glad I have a phone (16 Pro) that'll support it.

In the meantime, I'm thrilled with the camera, camera button, action button.

https://9to5mac.com/2024/12/16/most-iphone-owners-see-little-to-no-value-in-apple-intelligence-so-far/
#Apple

This new with iOS 18.2?

All your app settings are organized under a single, easy to navigate page:

Settings > Apps

It’s all the way at the bottom of the main Settings page (see pic).

Lovely organization! Has it always been this way? (No coffee yet) 🤔
#Apple

@WarnerCrocker ❤️

When I was a kid, never in my wildest SciFi dreams did I ever think a skill I would develop would be the ability to tell whether someone I encountered was a human or a bot.

Not sure I am there, but I’m clearly getting a lot of practice at it. 😆

"How to use Vehicle Motion Cues on iPhone or iPad", a video from Apple Support.

Easy enough to enable. To me, the real value of this video is giving you a sense of what Vehicle Motion Cues looks like in action.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ga22EthUCjA
#Apple

“Undergraduates with family income below $200,000 can expect to attend MIT tuition-free starting in 2025”

Well, that is simply magnificent.

https://news.mit.edu/2024/mit-tuition-undergraduates-family-income-1120
#Education

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The trailer for "Ennio", a documentary about Ennio Morricone, one of films most accomplished and prolific composers, up there with John Williams and Leonard Bernstein.

You can watch the movie for free (in the US, at least) on Amazon Prime.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_sMAYADwCA
#Movies #Music

When BlueSky first dropped, I was all in. But it was low traction and crickets.

But some folks suggested I revisit. And I did. Wow have things changed.

BlueSky has truly turned into something both INTERESTING and WONDERFUL.

Back in the rotation, along with Mastodon and Threads.

Please do follow me on BlueSky at "davemark.com".

And give BlueSky a look if it's been a while...
#BlueSky bsky.app

"The people will save their government if the government itself will allow them."
-- Abraham Lincoln

#Politics

PSA:

Bought a new Apple Watch Series 10.

Def happy with the watch, but something about the change in size, new woven charging cable, new band prevents my charging stand (see pic) from keeping a solid connection with the watch.

Twice now, have woken up to find my watch did not charge. The Series 10 does not quite fit on the stand in the same way.

Anyone else have this experience?

#Apple

iOS 18.1beta5 Camera Control adds ability to switch to selfie mode.

Tried it. Works well, worth knowing.

https://www.macrumors.com/2024/09/23/ios-18-1-beta-5-selfie-camera-control/
#Apple

The way passwords are managed under iOS 18/iPadOS 18/Sequoia has changed. A lot.

If you're not familiar with the new Passwords app, take a minute to go through the walkthrough below. I found it informative, readable, helpful...

https://www.macrumors.com/guide/ios-18-passwords/
#Apple