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I asked my wife to explain how she took this photo, damn if I don’t see things the way she does.

Tim Cook, as reported by Matthew Panzarino:

“We shouldn’t ask our customers to make a tradeoff between privacy and security. We need to offer them the best of both,” Cook wrapped up. “Ultimately, protecting someone else’s data protects all of us.”

Randall Armor:

All of which, oddly, brings me back to the Fuji X100T. This dinky little camera represents an opportunity to spit in the eye of the Myth of More, even though it means you would have to buy yet another camera in order to hawk up a smug gob of gooey austerity of your own. Tasteless, I know, and worse yet, hypocritical. Get over it.

Damn good “review”.

Mike Bates:

Many of the early press reviews of the watch threw in a point or two about the Sport Band, but I'm of the opinion that even the cheapest band in Apple's collection is deserving of it's own review.

I love the sport band so far. And for what it's worth I find the best way to keep it clean is to shower with the watch on. But then again the watch isn't waterproof so maybe mine is special and that's why I've had no problems showering with mine everyday.

His thoughts pretty well mimic mine after a week with the computer. Time will tell, but so far the only issues I’m seeing:

• That up arrow key is impossible for me to reliably hit thus far
• I keep hitting CMD+Q instead of CMD+Tab, hopefully that subsides.
• The battery life is about 1 hour shy of being truly all day for me.

Aside from all that, this fucking computer impresses and excites me every time I touch it.

Nice overview of the options. Certainly hard to beat Fantastical 2 on the Mac. Wish the app stayed open in the menubar when you quit though.

Great new BitTorrent Sync feature:

New optional column for “Last transferred” so you know the last time files were changed in a folder.

Nate Barham, after a lot of usage on the MacBook:

But more than anything, the sensation communicates a sturdy and well-crafted feel that reinforces the MacBook’s attitude of precise construction, especially when used in direct comparison to the often soft, flimsy, or brittle feel of other notebook keyboards.

Seems like a stretch to me for any person to make so many conclusions on things like a keyboard or trackpad when they have used the computer for just a day. For a point of reference I won’t make a judgment on any keyboard until two weeks of solid use.

Erin Brooks:

Sometimes I need a little more help for my photos than Litely can give, so I’ll keep VSCO Cam around, but Litely really is a lovely app and welcome addition to my phone’s “photography” folder.

I still think Darkroom is better, but my wife is certainly the better photographer, so I defer to her.

I haven't had time to watch all of David Sparks' latest Field Guide, but what I have seen is fantastic. Photos and iCloud Photo Library is how I manage all of my photos these days. Fantastic tool.

Dave Caolo:

That’s it. Now your iPhone and your Watch will remain silent whenever a notification arrives. Your Watch will tap your wrist, but no one will be aware. The Watch’s display won’t even light up unless you raise your arm, so you needn’t worry about bothering anyone, yet you never miss a notification.

That’s how I roll.

Matt Henderson:

You can see that on my MacBook Air, this folder contains a bunch of “.bts” files—which are tiny “aliases” to the original files stored elsewhere.

Now here’s what’s great—If I need an installer locally, I just double-click it, and it downloads in place! And when I’m finished with installer, I simply delete it in the Finder, and shortly thereafter I’ll see its “.bts” alias re-appear.

Huge BTSync fan here.

I’ll have more to write about on this later, but this is a fantastic post from Shawn. One thing that I really liked was this bit:

This one’s a luxury, but it’s also so great. If you checked out the photos of Sean, Cameron, and/or Jeff’s offices you may have noticed that there were multiple “stations”. They’re offices have more than one physical place to do work.

I have two such stations: standing and sitting. I don’t have an adjustable desk any longer, but I’ve found having two stations is actually a boon.

I’ve tried Authy, and I’ve tried 1Password for two factor authentication. Authy is meh. 1Password is really nice, but the two factor codes are so buried it’s a pain in the ass to get to them.

And then there’s Lockdown and its simplicity is awesome. On the main screen I can see all the codes: boom. If I drill down I can see the current code AND the next code. That last bit is really the killer feature for me. It also works on the Apple Watch.

Home screen app for me. Well done.