Category: TidBits

You Quit the App. Why Is It Still Running?
TidBits

You Quit the App. Why Is It Still Running?

Quitting a Mac app doesn’t always stop everything it’s doing. Some apps leave background processes running to sync files, check for updates, or finish other work. In macOS 27 Golden Gate, Apple makes this activity more visible: you’ll see a notification the first time an app continues running after you quit, and hovering over its Dock icon reveals a Running

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Set Workplace Rules Before Your Apple Watch Starts Taking Notes
Security

Set Workplace Rules Before Your Apple Watch Starts Taking Notes

The new Live Rewind and Siri Recap features in the Apple Watch Series 12 and Apple Watch Ultra 4 sound convenient enough. Live Rewind lets you recall anything said in a conversation in the past 15 seconds, while Siri Recap takes notes throughout the day to create an Apple Intelligence summary. That’s fine unless a meeting covers sensitive information like

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Set Workplace Rules Before Your Apple Watch Starts Taking Notes
Security

Set Workplace Rules Before Your Apple Watch Starts Taking Notes

The new Live Rewind and Siri Recap features in the Apple Watch Series 12 and Apple Watch Ultra 4 sound convenient enough. Live Rewind lets you recall anything said in a conversation in the past 15 seconds, while Siri Recap takes notes throughout the day to create an Apple Intelligence summary. That’s fine unless a meeting covers sensitive information like

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Still Using Legacy Outlook for Mac? Plan Your Switch Now
Microsoft

Still Using Legacy Outlook for Mac? Plan Your Switch Now

If you’ve kept Outlook for Mac in its older, familiar interface, you may need to switch soon to keep receiving email. Microsoft says legacy Outlook for Mac will stop connecting to Exchange Online mailboxes starting in October 2026. Those are the mailboxes commonly used for business email through Microsoft 365. Before switching to the current Outlook for Mac, back up

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Still Using Legacy Outlook for Mac? Plan Your Switch Now
Microsoft

Still Using Legacy Outlook for Mac? Plan Your Switch Now

If you’ve kept Outlook for Mac in its older, familiar interface, you may need to switch soon to keep receiving email. Microsoft says legacy Outlook for Mac will stop connecting to Exchange Online mailboxes starting in October 2026. Those are the mailboxes commonly used for business email through Microsoft 365. Before switching to the current Outlook for Mac, back up

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Shared Albums at Work: What Changed and Why Your iCloud Storage May Fill Up
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Shared Albums at Work: What Changed and Why Your iCloud Storage May Fill Up

If you use Shared Albums to collect job-site photos or share progress with clients, new options in macOS 27, iOS 27, and iPadOS 27 change image quality and whose iCloud storage the photos use. New permanent shared albums preserve the full resolution of your photos and videos, but count against the album owner’s iCloud storage, including photos and videos uploaded

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Shared Albums at Work: What Changed and Why Your iCloud Storage May Fill Up
TidBits

Shared Albums at Work: What Changed and Why Your iCloud Storage May Fill Up

If you use Shared Albums to collect job-site photos or share progress with clients, new options in macOS 27, iOS 27, and iPadOS 27 change image quality and whose iCloud storage the photos use. New permanent shared albums preserve the full resolution of your photos and videos, but count against the album owner’s iCloud storage, including photos and videos uploaded

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Check AI Skills and GitHub Projects Before You Install Them
AI

Check AI Skills and GitHub Projects Before You Install Them

As AI becomes more capable and widespread, we’re seeing more clients whose employees install AI skills and adapt various open-source projects. These free resources can be immensely useful, but can you trust them? An AI skill is a set of instructions that tells an AI assistant how to perform a task, such as organizing files. A GitHub project is a

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Apple Announces iPhone 18 Pro, iPhone Duo, Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4, and AirPods 5
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Apple Announces iPhone 18 Pro, iPhone Duo, Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4, and AirPods 5

Apple’s annual September event delivered more than the usual annual iPhone and Apple Watch updates. Alongside the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max, new Apple CEO John Ternus led the unveiling of the iPhone Duo—Apple’s first foldable iPhone—the Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4 with new health-sensing and listening capabilities, and the AirPods 5 with Active Noise

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Beware of Scam Party Invitations from Hijacked Accounts
Security

Beware of Scam Party Invitations from Hijacked Accounts

The latest scam making the rounds preys on your trust and sociability. You receive what appears to be a party invite from a friend via an invitation service like Paperless Post or Punchbowl. The email legitimately comes from your friend’s account, which has been compromised, but clicking any link in it takes you to a fake site that asks for

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