January 2021

NSSavePanel Crashes on Big Sur: mjtsai.com/blog/2021/01/1… #mjtsaiblog

How to Reserve Time Machine Space on an APFS Drive: mjtsai.com/blog/2021/01/1… #mjtsaiblog

Signal Review: mjtsai.com/blog/2021/01/1… #mjtsaiblog

Posts updated today:

Switching to Windows and Linux
mjtsai.com/blog/2021/01/1…

iOS Apps Not Available in the Mac Ap… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

4:38 PM, Jan 19th, 2021 via Tweetbot for Mac

Posts updated today:

The Best Mac Rumors in a Long Time
mjtsai.com/blog/2021/01/1…

Safari Web Extensions… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

4:13 PM, Jan 18th, 2021 via Tweetbot for Mac

Switching to Windows and Linux: mjtsai.com/blog/2021/01/1… #mjtsaiblog

Jacob Ziv Honored: mjtsai.com/blog/2021/01/1… #mjtsaiblog

Storing the Time Zone With a Date: mjtsai.com/blog/2021/01/1… #mjtsaiblog

Is the Finder Wobbly in Big Sur?: mjtsai.com/blog/2021/01/1… #mjtsaiblog

User-defined Order in SQL: mjtsai.com/blog/2021/01/1… #mjtsaiblog

8:11 PM, Jan 15th, 2021 via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to lapcatsoftware

@lapcatsoftware If that were Apple’s reason, couldn’t they just update the agreement? Developers have no choice to… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

Posts updated today:

Audion 4.0
mjtsai.com/blog/2021/01/0…

WhatsApp Privacy Policy and Encryption Canary… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

8:05 PM, Jan 15th, 2021 via Tweetbot for Mac

Where Are the Safari Web Extensions?: mjtsai.com/blog/2021/01/1… #mjtsaiblog

8:04 PM, Jan 15th, 2021 via IFTTT

CleanShot X: mjtsai.com/blog/2021/01/1… #mjtsaiblog

7:54 PM, Jan 15th, 2021 via IFTTT

Steve Jobs at All Things Digital: mjtsai.com/blog/2021/01/1… #mjtsaiblog

7:44 PM, Jan 15th, 2021 via IFTTT

The Best Mac Rumors in a Long Time: mjtsai.com/blog/2021/01/1… #mjtsaiblog

4:59 PM, Jan 15th, 2021 via IFTTT

toothfairymac ToothFairy 2.7.1, the easiest way to connect Bluetooth devices to your Mac, now runs natively on Apple Silicon Macs… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

2:24 PM, Jan 15th, 2021 via Tweetbot for Mac (retweeted on 2:24 PM, Jan 15th, 2021 via Twitter Web App)

@mxswd I can choose not to use Apple’s photo and e-mail services and to use apps that don’t back up unencrypted dat… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

7:59 AM, Jan 15th, 2021 via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to mxswd

@mxswd It’s like if you have a lock on your door and turn the key but leave it in. Is the door locked? Technically,… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

7:06 AM, Jan 15th, 2021 via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to mxswd

@mxswd Does Apple claim that AirDrop is E2E? I thought they just said it uses TLS. Is there no way to MITM that?

10:09 PM, Jan 14th, 2021 via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to mxswd

@mxswd Also, the main iCloud backup help page specifically says it doesn’t include iMessages, linking to the Messag… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

8:20 PM, Jan 14th, 2021 via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to mxswd

@mxswd Except for the information like health data and call history that aren’t backed up… I don’t think it’s disin… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

8:19 PM, Jan 14th, 2021 via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to mxswd

@mxswd Not so easy when traveling, and not a good backup to have it on my Mac that’s going with me. And not necessa… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

8:03 PM, Jan 14th, 2021 via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to mxswd

@mxswd My point is that you should be able to make iCloud Backup E2E, and you should be able to choose what goes in… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

8:00 PM, Jan 14th, 2021 via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to mxswd

@mxswd I’m aware of that. But then I can’t have a backup of the rest of my phone.

7:45 PM, Jan 14th, 2021 via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to mxswd

@lapcatsoftware Probably not because different team and tweet deleted.

7:42 PM, Jan 14th, 2021 via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to lapcatsoftware

@mxswd Are you saying that if you disable and then re-enable iCloud backup it doesn't put the key back into the bac… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

7:40 PM, Jan 14th, 2021 via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to mxswd

@mxswd It says the key is stored in your iCloud backup.

7:38 PM, Jan 14th, 2021 via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to mxswd

@mxswd As implemented today, yes. With hypothetical real E2E, also yes because I have other trusted devices (Mac, A… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

7:23 PM, Jan 14th, 2021 via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to mxswd

ContentFilterExclusionList Gone in macOS 11.2 Beta 2: mjtsai.com/blog/2021/01/1… #mjtsaiblog

macOS 11.2 Beta 2 Adds Full Custom Kernel Support: mjtsai.com/blog/2021/01/1… #mjtsaiblog

TabFS: mjtsai.com/blog/2021/01/1… #mjtsaiblog

macOS 11.2 Beta 2 Adds Full Custom Kernel Support: mjtsai.com/blog/2021/01/1… #mjtsaiblog

TabFS: mjtsai.com/blog/2021/01/1… #mjtsaiblog

Reminder: iMessage Not Meaningfully E2E: mjtsai.com/blog/2021/01/1… #mjtsaiblog

2:10 PM, Jan 14th, 2021 via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to NSExceptional

Posts updated today:

iOS Apps Not Available in the Mac App Store
mjtsai.com/blog/2020/11/2…

Reviews of the First M1… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

4:52 PM, Jan 14th, 2021 via Tweetbot for Mac

@NSExceptional Yes. It doesn't have to be this way, though. They could have an automated test that submits known good builds.

The system status is green, of course, but the forum thread already has 22 pages of replies.

11:13 AM, Jan 14th, 2021 via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to mjtsai

Nearly every time I try to submit to the App Store, something weird happens. Today it’s “This bundle is invalid - $… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

11:06 AM, Jan 14th, 2021 via Tweetbot for Mac

Posts updated today:

Here Lies Flash
mjtsai.com/blog/2021/01/1…

Don’t Forget Your Bitcoins
mjtsai.com/blog/2021/01/1…… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

3:46 PM, Jan 13th, 2021 via Tweetbot for Mac

2021 Backup Strategy: mjtsai.com/blog/2021/01/1… #mjtsaiblog

An Otter RSS 1.0: mjtsai.com/blog/2021/01/1… #mjtsaiblog

Amazon’s “Brushing” Scam: mjtsai.com/blog/2021/01/1… #mjtsaiblog

Growth in Desktops, Mac Marketshare: mjtsai.com/blog/2021/01/1… #mjtsaiblog

How to Change Your Default Web Browser on Big Sur: mjtsai.com/blog/2021/01/1… #mjtsaiblog

Lost Persistent AppleScript Properties: mjtsai.com/blog/2021/01/1… #mjtsaiblog

2:59 PM, Jan 13th, 2021 via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to simX

@simX I’m sure it’s drawing power because the battery level is not declining with the display on. Will take a look at the logs, though.

@simX @pointum It does show the lightning bolt and colored battery.

2:42 PM, Jan 13th, 2021 via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to simX

@sirdigby Thanks! Twitter is fine, or you could e-mail the address at the bottom of my blog.

2:14 PM, Jan 13th, 2021 via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to sirdigby

@simX @pointum That’s what I thought, but Apple ran diagnostics and said it was normal.

2:02 PM, Jan 13th, 2021 via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to simX

@simX @pointum Interesting. Thanks for testing.

8:38 AM, Jan 13th, 2021 via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to simX

@simX @pointum I literally mean that the percentage doesn’t change for 8 hours.

8:22 PM, Jan 12th, 2021 via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to simX

@simX @pointum Like a USB-A port on a Mac or hub. In that situation, it’s much slower at charging than an original… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

8:00 PM, Jan 12th, 2021 via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to simX

@simX @pointum I mean that in practice both wired and wireless charging are much slower (for me) when using a regul… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

7:40 PM, Jan 12th, 2021 via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to simX

@pointum @simX The other weird thing is that (as noted in earlier post) it seems to be much slower at charging wire… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

5:03 PM, Jan 12th, 2021 via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to pointum

iTunes at 20: mjtsai.com/blog/2021/01/1… #mjtsaiblog

Don’t Forget Your Bitcoins: mjtsai.com/blog/2021/01/1… #mjtsaiblog

WhatsApp Privacy Policy and Encryption Canary: mjtsai.com/blog/2021/01/1… #mjtsaiblog

Wikipedia Is 20: mjtsai.com/blog/2021/01/1… #mjtsaiblog

Here Lies Flash: mjtsai.com/blog/2021/01/1… #mjtsaiblog

Posts updated today:

iPhone 12 mini
mjtsai.com/blog/2020/11/0…

Requesting Entitlements, Still Broken… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

4:27 PM, Jan 12th, 2021 via Tweetbot for Mac

Posts updated today:

plutil
mjtsai.com/blog/2020/06/0…

Boeing 737 MAX
mjtsai.com/blog/2019/03/1…

M1 Mac Bluetooth Iss… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

4:27 PM, Jan 12th, 2021 via Tweetbot for Mac

Is iOS 14’s App Library for Me?: mjtsai.com/blog/2021/01/1… #mjtsaiblog

New 4 TB SSDs From SanDisk and WD: mjtsai.com/blog/2021/01/1… #mjtsaiblog

Dissecting the Apple M1 GPU: mjtsai.com/blog/2021/01/1… #mjtsaiblog

Swift FilePath Syntactic Operations: mjtsai.com/blog/2021/01/1… #mjtsaiblog

Parler Removed From App Stores and AWS: mjtsai.com/blog/2021/01/1… #mjtsaiblog

SwiftUI Views to Images: mjtsai.com/blog/2021/01/1… #mjtsaiblog

3:28 PM, Jan 11th, 2021 via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to _inside

@_inside Congrats!

@grgarside @NSExceptional It’s still there for me on non-TM drives.

9:10 AM, Jan 10th, 2021 via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to grgarside

Audion 4.0: mjtsai.com/blog/2021/01/0… #mjtsaiblog

4:54 PM, Jan 7th, 2021 via IFTTT

Posts updated today:

Boeing 737 MAX
mjtsai.com/blog/2019/03/1…

John Conway, RIP
mjtsai.com/blog/2020/04/1…

Margaret H… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

4:50 PM, Jan 7th, 2021 via Tweetbot for Mac

10th Anniversary of the Mac App Store: mjtsai.com/blog/2021/01/0… #mjtsaiblog

5:04 PM, Jan 6th, 2021 via IFTTT

Samsung T7 Review: mjtsai.com/blog/2021/01/0… #mjtsaiblog

5:04 PM, Jan 6th, 2021 via IFTTT

Posts updated today:

Stolen Instagram Account
mjtsai.com/blog/2020/10/0…

Project Monarch
mjtsai.com/blog/2021/01/0…

T… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

4:59 PM, Jan 6th, 2021 via Tweetbot for Mac

Posts updated today:

Reviews of the First M1 Macs
mjtsai.com/blog/2020/11/2…

Apple Security Research Device Program… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

4:59 PM, Jan 6th, 2021 via Tweetbot for Mac

@eric_young_1 Thanks! And Happy New Year to you, too!

2:37 PM, Jan 6th, 2021 via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to eric_young_1

Twitter Acquires Breaker: mjtsai.com/blog/2021/01/0… #mjtsaiblog

5:09 PM, Jan 5th, 2021 via IFTTT

Privacy of Apple Podcasts: mjtsai.com/blog/2021/01/0… #mjtsaiblog

5:09 PM, Jan 5th, 2021 via IFTTT

Posts updated today:

ProRAW
mjtsai.com/blog/2020/12/2…

Project Monarch
mjtsai.com/blog/2021/01/0…

iPhone 12 mini and… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

5:02 PM, Jan 5th, 2021 via Tweetbot for Mac

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Amphetamine Threatened With App Store Removal
mjtsai.com/blog/2021/01/0…

Settings URLs Support… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

5:02 PM, Jan 5th, 2021 via Tweetbot for Mac

@colincornaby Yep, and then you wouldn’t waste a Thunderbolt port for charging.

4:15 PM, Jan 5th, 2021 via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to colincornaby

@rosyna That’s what it sounds like, but I didn’t make it through the whole video.

7:36 PM, Jan 4th, 2021 via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to rosyna

@DaveWoodX Yeah, when I was going through the questions for my own app, I kept thinking that some of the answers im… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

6:11 PM, Jan 4th, 2021 via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to DaveWoodX

Project Monarch: mjtsai.com/blog/2021/01/0… #mjtsaiblog

4:59 PM, Jan 4th, 2021 via IFTTT

Google Workers Announce Plans to Unionize: mjtsai.com/blog/2021/01/0… #mjtsaiblog

4:59 PM, Jan 4th, 2021 via IFTTT

Zoom Rooms Weekly Restart: mjtsai.com/blog/2021/01/0… #mjtsaiblog

4:59 PM, Jan 4th, 2021 via IFTTT

Posts updated today:

Hazel 5
mjtsai.com/blog/2020/11/2…

Pop Out Timer Rejected From the App Store… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

4:53 PM, Jan 4th, 2021 via Tweetbot for Mac

Posts updated today:

Year of Disk Utility
mjtsai.com/blog/2021/01/0…

AirPods Max
mjtsai.com/blog/2020/12/0…

Preview i… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

4:53 PM, Jan 4th, 2021 via Tweetbot for Mac

@z31r4m No way to know how accurate it is, but I imagine this sort of thing happens at many companies. :(

4:03 PM, Jan 3rd, 2021 via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to mjtsai

@z31r4m I think there was another anonymous story like this about 6 months ago.

4:02 PM, Jan 3rd, 2021 via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to z31r4m

@robmathers I’d like to do that but don’t have a good way to automate it at the moment.

11:55 AM, Jan 2nd, 2021 via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to robmathers

Let’s Make 2021 the Year of Disk Utility: mjtsai.com/blog/2021/01/0… #mjtsaiblog

3:54 PM, Jan 1st, 2021 via IFTTT

Amphetamine Threatened With App Store Removal: mjtsai.com/blog/2021/01/0… #mjtsaiblog

3:54 PM, Jan 1st, 2021 via IFTTT

FilmNoir Rejected From the App Store: mjtsai.com/blog/2021/01/0… #mjtsaiblog

3:54 PM, Jan 1st, 2021 via IFTTT

Posts updated today:

SolarWinds Breach
mjtsai.com/blog/2020/12/1…

Gazelle Ending Used Device Trade-ins… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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Apple Legal vs. Prepear
mjtsai.com/blog/2020/08/1…

Apple Loses Copyright Claims Against Corell… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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Big Sur’s Narrow Alerts
mjtsai.com/blog/2020/07/0…

Official macOS Hosting and Amazon EC2… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

Posts updated today:

Web Search Indexes and Ecosia in Safari
mjtsai.com/blog/2020/12/1…

Facebook Protests App Track… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…