Exploring the Apple Ecosystem
TLDR: Article discusses navigating a Mac without a mouse, detailing a scenario where pairing a Bluetooth mouse was needed. It offers solutions using keyboard shortcuts and highlights the importance of keyboard navigation through accessibility features. It emphasizes that using the keyboard can sometimes be more efficient than a mouse.
https://sixcolors.com/post/2025/10/navigate-your-mac-without-a-mouse/
MarsEdit 5.3.8 released; new macOS 26 icon, bug fixes: website icon download, NetNewsWire integration, garbled text issue. Consider reviewing and sharing the app.
https://redsweater.com/blog/4239/marsedit-5-3-8-updated-icon-and-bug-fixes
New book Apple in China by Patrick McGee reveals how Apple, once a disruptive force, has become entwined with China's manufacturing amid rising geopolitical tensions. It explores Apple's outsourcing history and the implications of its reliance on China, highlighting significant challenges in disentangling from the region.
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2025/02/03/apple-in-china-mcgee
User reflects on organizing and preserving family photos, sharing the process of scanning thousands of slides, and deriving lessons on capturing memorable snapshots. Key insights emphasize the importance of identifying people and locations in photos, taking candid images over staged ones, including daily life moments, and improving photography skills. The overarching theme is to create lasting family memories that future generations will value.
In Q3 2025, Inoreader enhanced user control over content organization and consumption with AI-generated tagging, redesigned email digests, podcast and YouTube improvements, and upgraded translation and text-to-speech features, focusing on smarter, more flexible interactions across various media formats.
