1+ hour, 54+ min ago  (486+ words) My first effort at making it easier to get through my email every day with the help of AI was not successful, as you read in “Taming Email Overload: Google’s CC Daily Briefing Agent” (29 May 2026). Google’s CC failed on two…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago  (365+ words) A while back, a question on TidBITS Talk sparked a lengthy discussion about YouTube downloaders: apps, utilities, and services that let you download YouTube videos to standalone files on your Mac. TidBITS Talk readers were quick to share convincing answers,…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (312+ words) Do you feel as though you’re suffering from email overload? I suspect that’s true for many people, and I long ago dispensed with the illusion that I could somehow catch up on my email and reach some fictional Inbox Zero,…...

2+ mon, 4+ day ago  (297+ words) Apple has released iOS 26.5, iPadOS 26.5, and watchOS 26.5 with a smattering of new features. macOS 26.5 Tahoe, tvOS 26.5, visionOS 26.5, and HomePod Software 26.5 contain only bug fixes, security updates, or performance and stability improvements. Amusingly, Apple ends its announcement of encrypted RCS messaging…...

2+ mon, 5+ day ago  (554+ words) Not really, but that’s the message scammers are now using to steal users’ login credentials with a greeting card scam that’s making the rounds. Here’s how it works. I’ve seen three of these scams recently, and while all three came…...

2+ mon, 6+ day ago  (235+ words) With a variety of Apple devices at my fingertips, I visited MYIP.MS from different browsers, and she was correct—on my iPhone, Safari didn’t show an IPv4 address or Hostname (left), but Arc Search and other browsers did (right). However,…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (242+ words) tidbits.com Busy Apps has released BusyCal 2026.2.3 and BusyContacts 2026.2.2. BusyCal now lets you configure a calendar to automatically create time-blocking events on another calendar, and time-blocking rules sync across all copies of BusyCal on macOS and iOS. The update also…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (369+ words) Adam C. Engst is the publisher of TidBITS. He has written numerous books, including the best-selling Internet Starter Kit series, and many magazine articles thanks to Contributing Editor positions at MacUser, MacWEEK, and now Macworld. His innovations include the creation of…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (321+ words) To play it safe and as penance for being careless, Bob has spent hours since changing all active passwords from his Passwords and 1Passwords accounts. That includes hundreds of logins, many SSH and API keys, and even credit card numbers. He…...

3+ mon, 4+ week ago  (414+ words) When our developer was able to take a look several hours later, he couldn’t see any reason for the problem, so we created a duplicate campaign in Sendy, added a short parenthetical in the issue blurb apologizing for the resend…...