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Adam and Tonya Engst founded TidBITS in April of 1990 as an online newsletter aimed at covering topics of interest to the Apple Internet community. TidBITS has been published weekly ever since, making it the longest-running Internet technology publication.
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Things I would have done differently...
After 19 years running REVSYS, I'd invest in better tools sooner and trust my gut more often. The right software and reusable internal tools save far more time and money than they cost and trusting my instincts about clients, projects, and partnerships is
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What Anthropic's Mythos and Project Glasswing Mean for Your Apple Devices
AI is accelerating the discovery of security vulnerabilities, transforming the landscape of digital security. But Apple users are in a good spot, thanks to Apple's focus on security and control over the entire ecosystem. TidBITS Security Editor Rich Mogul
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Reading Doesn't Fill a Database, It Trains Your Internal LLM
Many of us think of reading as building a mental database we can query later. But we forget most of what we read. A better analogy? Reading trains our internal large language models, reshaping how we think without providing accurate recall.
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The 5 Processes Every Business Should Automate First
The businesses that benefit from automation do not start with big projects. They start with one workflow. Here are the five I recommend starting with.
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Trunk & Tidbits, December 2025
A look back at what the team was working on last month, and what
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How to Configure Auth0 for MCP Servers with ChatGPT
Setup Auth0 for MCP Servers with ChatGPT
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Hidden Setting Controls What Happens When You Tap a Call in the Phone App
In iOS 26's Phone app, Unified view lets you tap a call to show contact info instead of initiating a callback. A hidden setting lets you switch that tap-a-call behavior back to a callback-but it appears only when in Unified view and isn't available to tho
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AI Made Me 10x More Productive - Now What?
Thoughts on AI, Productivity, and What We Should Do Differently
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Nisus Writer: Schrödinger's Word Processor
The powerful word processor hasn't seen an update in nearly a year, it has disappeared from the Mac App Store, and support responses have been slow or nonexistent for some time. There is writing on the wall, and it's not looking good.
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