from Twitter user @morqon:
https://twitter.com/morqon/status/1346464501319622657?s=20

MacGeekery at its finest!
Apple’s App Store has apparently given the producers of the Parler app 24 hours to provide their moderation plan after it was used to plan the attack on the US Capitol building. Google’s Play store has apparently already banned the app: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-apple-parler/google-suspends-parler-social-networking-app-from-play-store-apple-gives-24-hour-warning-idUSKBN29D34N
Restored this blog to the internet. This basically involved:
Upgrading all the wordpress plugins and wordpress using the wp cli command
Importing an old XML copy of the blog exported from WordPress
Using Akismet to filter out all the spam comments
Taking the list of missing images and then replacing them by downloading the image from the Wayback Machine from the Internet Archive.
Working out how to use Blocks and all the other changes to WordPress since last I used it to actually write content.
Apple have announced a repair extension program for the following MacBook Pro models to fix video issues:
The program starts in Australia and most of the world on 27th of February, but is being tested on Americans and and Canadians from the 20th.
Issues addressed include
You can enter your Mac’s serial number here to check your model, purchase date and warranty coverage.
Apple’s notes about Apple’s Mac OS X Firewall service.
On OS X Server if all admins log out, connection will be lost to shared folders on external storage
There are English braille versions of Apple’s iOS or Mac VoiceOver guides or you can order an embossed copy there as well.
I was looking for information on whether the Genius Bar would fit SSD drives, and found this Ask Me Anything with a 5 year veteran of Apple’s Genius Bar.
Here’s an example of how Apple changed its marketing regarding malware
Just in case you need to refer to the Apple //e Owner’s Manual, here’s a copy (of the text at least)