Notices by John Siracusa (siracusa@mastodon.social)

OK, let’s try this:

FB24976658: My Apple Account is locked every day

Any help from any Apple folks to get this seen by the right people would be greatly appreciated! 🙏

@kalleboo I really doubt this is something an executive can fix. It’s a problem with their security systems, and that will not be easy to fix.

@hotdogsladies @kjhealy https://infosec.exchange/@cjust/117294671498154986

After being bounced back and forth multiple times between regular Apple support and Apple Developer support, both claiming that this is the other party's problem to solve, I am now looking for anyone at Apple who can put me in touch with the folks that control the system that "locks" Apple Accounts for security reasons.

The Apple Account locking system is a thing that exists! Someone controls/manages it! Please let me talk to them!

See this thread for context: https://mastodon.social/@siracusa/117196097301277170

I only had to wait 480 days… https://hypercritical.co/2025/05/09/apple-turnover

Amen! https://weblog.rogueamoeba.com/2026/06/26/free-the-icons/

Squircle Jail is the worst design-related thing Apple has ever done to Mac developers, and probably the worst icon-related thing it has ever done, period. Incredibly developer-hostile.

If squircled icons are actually better, then let that design win in the market. That's how we transitioned from the classic Mac OS icon style to the more photorealistic Mac OS X icon style. Developers adopted it because they wanted to, and because users desired it.

@NanoRaptor How big are these? Banana for scale!

RE: https://chaos.social/@robkrueger/116732136430895238

This is a bit hyperbolic and unkind, so I hope you can forgive me for venting. And, hey, who knows? Maybe the fancy new AI-powered reframing feature *will* actually get broad use. (But I doubt it…)

For the past year or two, I've had real trouble downloading Apple's event videos from their HLS streams. Here's the error I get from Downie about half way through the download, every time. Has anyone else had better luck?

https://gist.github.com/siracusa/bbc713a8678d492e3c1ee0a14e746561

(I grabbed it from YouTube instead, but the quality isn't as good.)

One of the most wholesome and fun parts of Apple’s incredibly polished event videos is seeing each new presenter wearing the very nice outfit that they clearly picked out for themselves. I always feel so happy for them! They look great!

Stunt raccoon?

Rockwell gets to take his Siri victory lap (…and/or publicly put his neck on the line)

Oh thank god! No more margins around sidebars on macOS!

There.

This makes me feel (slightly) better.

@jimmyjamesuk Cloning apps like SuperDuper and CarbonCopyCloner do not use the same mechanisms as Time Machine to track, perform, and store their copies.

@jimmyjamesuk As for Time Machine corrupting itself, I’ve seen it with my own eyes many, many, many times. Feel free to search the Internet until you are satisfied that this is a thing that actually happens frequently enough to be a legitimate factor in backup strategy decisions.

“Apple II Forever” indeed…

https://www.inkandswitch.com/slow-software/

Five years ago today, after listening to some negative discussion on @atpfm, someone on Twitter angrily predicted that “in 5 years, Tesla will have a marketcap at least 5 times larger than Apple.” I made a calendar event for this prediction, because I am petty. But now the account that posted it has deleted all its tweets, ruining the fun.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@j_f/116189223104767480

When the headphones and the laptop cost about the same amount…

Efficiency cores are now performance cores. Timeline goes sideways.

https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/03/apple-debuts-m5-pro-and-m5-max-to-supercharge-the-most-demanding-pro-workflows/