Tag Archives: Apple

War Is Peace

Posted on 2021-08-17 by jcs

WAR IS PEACE FREEDOM IS SLAVERY IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH That’s the motto of the party in Orwell’s 1984. Apple’s Craig Federighi appears to want to add a fourth item: SURVEILLANCE IS PRIVACY Big Brother would approve. Federighi gave an interview … Continue reading →

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Apple Doesn’t Want to Hear from Me

Posted on 2021-08-14 by jcs

Following up on Thursday’s post, I thought I’d let Apple know directly of my concern about their new CSAM monitoring. I’d already signed the open letter to Apple but I thought it was worthwhile to send a personal message as … Continue reading →

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Betrayal

Posted on 2021-08-12 by jcs

I’ve been fussing with this post for several days now. I alternate between white hot fury and heartbroken sobbing. I’m speaking, of course, of Apple’s betrayal of the users who believed them when they assured us that they had our … Continue reading →

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This Is Tech Journalism

Posted on 2020-12-09 by jcs

Even casual readers know that Irreal holds a generally dim view of journalists. But this isn’t another post about their bias and ignorance of their subject matter. This is a post about silliness masquerading as serious journalism. It’s about writing … Continue reading →

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Sudo by Touch ID on Macs

Posted on 2020-11-19 by jcs

This post is just a quickie for those of you using a Mac with Touch ID. My latest MacBook Pro has Touch ID and I was surprised at how much I like and use it. It’s especially handy for 1Passowrd … Continue reading →

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An Advantage of Emacs Centrism

Posted on 2020-11-13 by jcs

The technical side of the Internet is all atwitter about macOS suddenly refusing to launch non-Apple apps. The more excitable elements even suggested some dark plot on Apple’s part: Tim Cook: “We at Apple believe that privacy is a fundamental … Continue reading →

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Inserting Newlines in the Mac’s Messages App

Posted on 2020-07-22 by jcs

On the heels of yesterday’s semi-Mac-specific post, here’s one that’s entirely Mac specific. If you’re a Linux or Windows user, there won’t be anything very interesting for you in this offering. John Gruber over at Daring Fireball, provoked by a … Continue reading →

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Red Meat Friday: iPhones and Sanity

Posted on 2020-05-08 by jcs

The other day, I wrote about Aaron Ogle’s experience in de-Googling his workflow. Although I didn’t mention it, he wrote that part of his de-Googling efforts were to replace his Android phone with an iPhone. It was, he said—undoubtedly tongue-in-cheek—an … Continue reading →

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Toggling iTerm2 Full Screen Mode

Posted on 2019-05-25 by jcs

This post is Apple Mac specific so Linux and Windows users can have the day off. I came across this tweet that has a very useful piece of parenthetical information: TIL about `winner-mode` for #emacs. Excellent tool (especially after having … Continue reading →

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Securing Your iPhone

Posted on 2019-02-14 by jcs

This is an Apple-centric post but I know a lot of Irreal readers have iPhones or iPads so it’s worth passing on. Over at Computerworld, Jonny Evans has an excellent article on How to stay as private as possible on … Continue reading →

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