A new feature of iOS 16 and watchOS 9 is that you can mirror the Apple Watch's screen to the iPhone. This is meant to be an accessibility feature, but watch how I can use that to maybe do Apple Watch tutorials in the future with some clever cropping and overlays. (Having trouble playing the video? You can also download it below.)
Apple announced new products today: Apple Watch Series 8, Apple Watch SE 3, Apple Watch Ultra, AirPods Pro 2, iPhone 14, 14 Plus, 14 Pro and 14 Pro Plus. I'll run down the new features and give you my thoughts.
XProtect is your Mac's built-in quiet anti-malware tool. Recent changes to XProtect in macOS means that it occasionally scans for some malware throughout the day. You can actually see the entries in your system logs using a Terminal command if you are curious. Also, looks like there is a cosmetic mistake that now makes XProtect show up in a list in System Preferences. So if you see it there it isn't just you. There's nothing to do or worry about though. Here's the Terminal command I used: <blockquote><strong>log show --style syslog --predicate 'subsystem == "com.apple.XProtectFramework.PluginAPI" && eventMessage contains "status_message"' --last 24h</strong></blockquote>Note I'm using macOS 12.5.1. Not sure if it works in 12.5.0 or 12.4.0.
Quick Reference:
Delete previous character = Delete or Control+H
Delete next character = Forward Delete key, or FN+Delete or Control+D
Delete previous word = Option+Delete
Delete next word = Option+FN+Delete
Delete to start of line = Command+Delete
Delete remainder of paragraph = Control+K
Select back to the start of paragraph and delete = Shift+Option+Up then Delete, or Shift+Control+A then Delete
Select to the end of paragraph and delete = Shift+Option+Down then Delete, or Shift+Control+E then Delete
Cut = Command+X
This is the video that I plan on posting on Wednesday, the same day as the Apple event where I expect they will announce the release date for iOS 16. Or maybe even release it that day. What do you think of the idea of me posting regular MacMost videos like this a week early here? Is it something you find interesting? Or is it no big deal since the video will be public to everyone eventually anyway?
Apple extended its self-service repair program to some Macs this week. This means you can get access to tools and parts to repair your own Macs. While you probably aren't interested in doing that (I'm not) it is fun to look at the PDF repair manuals you can download. They include lots of useful or just interesting information, diagrams and pictures. <a href="https://www.selfservicerepair.com/manuals" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.selfservicerepair.com/manuals</a>
