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Cohost, "The Dalrymple Report", https://mastodon.social/@davemark on Mastodon, @davemark.com here, @davemark6628 on Threads.

Wrote Audio Cupcake (audio processing app), bunch of dev books, created Ovichase.com (hockey site) support kindness and community.
Here's the brand new (iOS 26.1 beta 4) Liquid Glass option.

Left pic: "Clear" (the old one)
Right pic: "Tinted" (new)

To me, "Tinted" is WAY better, should be the default.

The new switch is hidden in Settings > Display & Brightness > Liquid Glass

#Apple #Design
October 21, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Took Google AI Studio for a spin, used the prompt that's been flying around.

Absolutely astonishing (see pic).

Not sure what to make of this. EVERYTHING in the image was from Gemini. All done from a single image of my cat.

Crazy.

#AI
September 26, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Press and hold the watch face on your Apple Watch and you'll hit the "slide to change your watch face" interface.

The time will change to 10:09 (see pic).

An aesthetic decision, not to be confused with Steve Jobs' edict to set watches to 9:41, the time when the first iPhone was announced.

#Apple
September 24, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Love this image of the iPhone Air, open, revealing the "mostly battery" in the thin part strategy.

Image below, and here's a link to the teardown...

www.ifixit.com/News/113171/...
#Apple
September 21, 2025 at 12:51 PM
My first drawing, using Procreate on my new iPad and Apple Pencil Pro.

Took me 3 weeks. Kind of proud of this.

Big thanks to @settern.bsky.social who inspired me to learn how to draw those many years ago.

#Art #Apple #iPad #Procreate
September 6, 2025 at 12:08 PM
The domain "delete dot com" is up for auction, currently at $70,666.

Fine print: "Does not include a $21.99 /yr renewal fee"

Wondering what the value is here. 10 days to go. How high will this get?

www.namepros.com/threads/dele...
#technology
August 30, 2025 at 12:00 PM
To close the current Safari tab:

iOS 18:
1. Tap "all tabs" button
2. Tap x to close the tab

iOS 26:
1. Tap "..." button
2. Tap "All Tabs" button
3. Tap x to close the tab

Why add this extra step?

In iOS 26, you can press and hold the address bar and get this interface (see pic).

#Apple
August 21, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Now that Blood Oxygen app has returned to the watchOS beta, took it for a spin.

The results being exported to the paired iPhone is not nothing. I found it hard to find. Had to navigate to the Health App, dig around until I found it.

How about sending me a notification with the results?

#Apple
August 19, 2025 at 11:59 AM
For folks wondering, the Blood Oxygen update is not yet available for the watchOS/iOS 26 betas.

#apple
August 15, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Oh hell yes!!!

Massive cantaloupe from the garden. About 9” by 6”.🍈

#gardening
August 13, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Kind of love this macOS 26 trash bin.

This new to Tahoe? Something I just never noticed before?

Note that the only thing in my trash was a single html doc. Guessing this pic is the same for everyone.

No matter. I dig it!
#Apple #Design
August 13, 2025 at 12:49 PM
RIP Ryno… 🥲⚾️🧢
#MLB #Cubs #Chicago
July 29, 2025 at 1:50 AM
This is the iOS 26 beta 4 Weather app.

Look at the 3 Liquid Glass buttons at the bottom of the image.

Can’t see them? Can’t read them? Yeah, that’s a problem. 😑

#Apple #Design
July 23, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Amazing event last night:

- They played Star Wars on an outdoor screen, BUT
- Absolutely NO MUSIC
- Instead, the National Symphony Orchestra played all the music LIVE.

Absolutely incredible. Here's a taste...

#StarWars
July 18, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Flick it!!!

The watchOS 26 flick gesture works well (see attached).

Dismisses whatever I bring up, even if it's not a notification. Distinctive enough a gesture that I have yet to accidentally trigger it.

#Apple
July 17, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Pretty cool: Before the Home Run Derby, each player signs all the balls they will hit.

See the pic below for an example. That one was hit by "Big Dumper" Cal Raleigh, with his jersey number, 29.

www.cnn.com/2025/07/15/s...
#MLB #HomeRunDerby
July 15, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Yet another iOS 26 Lock Screen.

Just a small thing, but I really love the effect of the time being rendered in liquid glass, hidden by part of the image, and yet perfectly readable.

Thoughtful detail.

#Apple
July 14, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Apple dogtags from WWDC 2003 (see pic).

I miss the days when WWDC was in person, a lottery driven hot ticket, and crammed full of food, snacks, and Jamba Juice, and incredible excitement and promise.

#Apple #WWDC
July 12, 2025 at 12:16 PM
This bottle of “AI Heinz” just appeared on my table. 😆
July 9, 2025 at 12:05 PM
That little hole next to your iPhone camera? (see pic)

That's an ambient noise microphone. Part of the process of filtering out background noise for calls and recording.
#Apple
July 7, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Current status. Scaphoid fracture.

Yup. I'm left-handed. 😑
July 1, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Running watchOS 26 beta, getting new battery warnings, at 50% and 35%, telling me my battery usage is unusual.

But this one (see pic) came up this morning, when my watch was 100%, fresh off the charger.

Anyone else seeing this?

#Apple
June 28, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Apple TV lets you change your search keyboard from linear (one line, across the screen) to a grid (see pic).

On Apple TV:

Settings > General > Keyboard Layout

Good tip...

www.gearpatrol.com/tech/apple-t...
#Apple
June 28, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Nintendo Switch 2 online restock, Walmart, at 7p PT, 10p ET tonight.

Walmart+ member? Goes live one hour earlier.

www.walmart.com/ip/15949610846
#Nintendo
June 25, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Digging the new lock screen on iOS 26 (see pic).

#Apple
June 25, 2025 at 1:03 PM