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About macOS and Applications for Apple Mac computers.
macOS Tahoe 26.4 introduces a new security feature in the Terminal app that warns users when they paste potentially harmful commands, aiming to prevent scams that trick users into running dangerous code. The warning alerts users about possible malware and offers a “Paste Anyway” option, although it is unclear which specific commands trigger this alert.
https://www.macrumors.com/2026/03/25/macos-26-4-terminal-security-feature/
Jeremy recounts how organizing 1,351 old family photos led him to create a personal encyclopedia using MediaWiki, enriched by interviews, metadata, and AI models like Claude Code. This project evolved into whoami.wiki, an open-source platform that compiles personal data into interconnected, Wikipedia-style pages to preserve memories, genealogies, and stories, all running locally to keep user data private.
Joe Rosensteel critiques Apple's Siri integration with Shortcuts automation, highlighting the lack of transparency, documentation, and debugging tools that make reliable automation difficult. He argues that without inspectable, deterministic workflows and proper logging, both users and AI assistants like Siri struggle to troubleshoot and refine automations, limiting their effectiveness and reliability.
https://sixcolors.com/post/2026/03/how-can-siri-automate-shortcuts-when-its-so-opaque/
This article analyzes Apple's device charging behavior, showing that charging speed varies in three phases—fast constant current up to 50%, tapered current to 80%, then slow trickle charge to 100%—with only the first phase significantly benefiting from a better charger. It highlights how iPhones and iPads have different optimal charging wattages, and stresses that heat and time at 100% charge impact battery health far more than charge speed, with features like Optimized Battery Charging designed to minimize battery wear by reducing time spent at full charge.
The article discusses users' dislike of the new menu icons introduced in macOS Tahoe, which are seen as cluttered, inconsistent, and difficult to scan. It highlights a Terminal command discovered by Steve Troughton-Smith that allows users to disable these icons while preserving some useful ones, and suggests Apple should either revert the change or provide an official option to turn off the icons in future macOS updates.
https://512pixels.net/2026/03/hide-macos-tahoes-menu-icons-with-this-one-simple-trick/
Parachord is an open-source music player that unifies streaming services, local files, and playlists across platforms into a single interface, allowing users to seamlessly switch between sources and access their entire music collection in one place. It offers features like AI-powered recommendations, social listening with friends, music service interoperability, concert discovery, and smart queue management, aiming to simplify and enhance the music listening experience.