> A new feature in iOS and iPadOS 15.2 is the App Privacy Report. Your iPhone or iPad can record and display activity carried out by apps, such as which apps access your location, contacts, or photos, which apps access a network, websites that contact trackers, and more. You can then view a detailed report of this activity over the past seven days.
To turn on App Privacy Report (can’t think of a reason not to):
– Go to Settings > Privacy > App Privacy Report
– Tap “Turn On App Privacy Report”
That’s it. The results will start appearing on that same page as you start using various apps.
Kirk’s walkthrough is worth reading. He does a great job painting a picture of what kinds of results you might see, how to dig into those results, and what the data actually indicates.
Unite 4 for macOS allows you to turn any website into an app on your Mac. Using a lightweight, WebKit powered browser as a backend, you can easily create isolated, customizable apps from any site.
Unite 4 includes dozens of new features, including support for native notifications, new customization options, M1 support, and much more. Unite apps also serve as a great alternative for resource hogging Electron apps or half-baked Catalyst apps.
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A Gmail web client that behaves like a native mail client.
A status bar app for Apple Music or Overcast
An isolated workspace for apps that may track you like Facebook
A lightweight and power efficient version of Slack, Discord, or Whatsapp with full notification support
A fully featured Instagram app that has a resizable window, unlike the M1 version.
A Robinhood, Figma, or Roam Research app for your desktop.
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If you are at all interested in the state of self driving cars, this is worth watching. First off, Tesla’s Full Self Driving mode is amazing to watch. A bit nerve-wracking if you are a passenger, but amazing nonetheless.
Scroll through the chapter titles (hover over the progress bar) to get a sense of the highlights. Do not miss Take Over Immediately (about 2:52 in), and Pedestrian Enters Road (about 8:09) – that pedestrian actually had the right of way, followed by a turn into some railroad tracks.
My takeaway from this is, Full Self Driving is incredibly sophisticated, can handle the vast majority of situations safely. But it needs a consistent score of 100%, zero mistakes, before it’s truly road-ready, yeah?
Ankur Thakur, iDownloadBlog, walks through all the different ways you can use Shazam on your iPhone and, more importantly, shows you how to find your multiple Shazam histories. Yes, multiple histories.
1. On iPhone, launch the iTunes Store app, the tap the Siri tab. That’s the list of songs you asked Siri to identify
2. Launch the Shazam app, tap the My Music sheet at the bottom of the screen. A different list, songs you’ve used the app to identify
3. Pull down on Control Center, press and hold the Shazam icon (assuming it’s installed in Control Center) for yet a third list.
Read the article, it’s well done, there’s lots more to it. Don’t miss the bit about automatically creating a playlist of your Shazam requests.
