Under MacOS 26 TAHOO: Giant lag at Electron apps

Under MacOS 26 TAHOO: Giant lag at Electron apps

MacOS 26 alias Tahoe users complain about system braking in connection with certain apps. The reason is apparently an incompatibility of the operating system with the Electron frameworkuse the known applications such as Discord or VS Code. There you apparently use an override hack of a private app kit API to generate certain window effects. … Read more

On Github: Numerous fakes are circulating from well-known Mac apps

On Github: Numerous fakes are circulating from well-known Mac apps

Care when you google for MacOS apps: developers in particular known indie applications for the Mac warn that clones are circulating on Github of their products that are apparently contaminated with ad or malware. The independent development of Jeff Johnson, known among other things through Stopthemadness Pro for Apple’s Safari browsernoticed Fake variants of his … Read more

Foundation Models Framework: Apple shows third apps with local AI

Foundation Models Framework: Apple shows third apps with local AI

With the publication of iOS 26, Ipados 26 and MacOS 26, Apple has created the prerequisites that third-party apps can use the local AI model on the device. Now the iPhone manufacturer has in one Press release Some examples emphasized what developers have made of this option. The interest of the programmers present at the … Read more

ENE, Mene, Knipse: Four camera apps for iOS against Apple’s camera

ENE, Mene, Knipse: Four camera apps for iOS against Apple's camera

We wanted to know whether universal camera apps from third-party providers are still worthwhile in view of this-what added value they offer and where they steal. From the annual charts 2024 and the current photo charts in the App Store of Germany, Austria and the USA before the test started, we fished the candidates out … Read more

Even more warndialogs: MacOS 26 Petzen apps that run in the background

Even more warndialogs: MacOS 26 Petzen apps that run in the background

“Your Mac has realized that this app was not ended as expected and is still running”. This warning text appears in MacOS 26 TAHOO if certain processes of an app continue to run in the background after the termination command. Apple drawn attention to this on the sidelines of the WWDC. Mac developers are supposed … Read more

Energykit: iPhone apps should learn to use green electricity

Energykit: iPhone apps should learn to use green electricity

The power grid delivers a different electricity mix at different times. Depending on the weather or occupancy, it can be green energy from wind, sun or hydropower, but sometimes rather dirty electricity of coal and natural gas. In the United States, Apple has therefore already integrated a function with iOS 16 within Apple Home that … Read more