A ‘US-MADE iPHONE’ IS PURE FANTASY
Just as well for Tim “I gave Donnie a million bucks” Cook that his good buddy Trump has cancelled the tariffs on iPhones from China (no connection at all between that reversal and Timmie’s donation, no sir…), because he couldn’t start making his overpriced fanboi hardware in the USA any time soon. Or ever.
Apple has managed to dodge its biggest crisis since the pandemic — for the moment, at least. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/04/13/tech/apple-tariff-crisis/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #apple #tech #smartphones #iphones #donaldtrump #us #tariffs #trade #tradewar #china
It is really sad that no 1 is targeting #Facebook, #Microsoft, #Google & #Apple who are helping #Israel 1000 times more than any of the these companies
#Facebook now OPENLY blocks #FAIR exposing media complicity in Israeli #WarCrimes.
#Genocide #Censorship
https://www.facebook.com/FAIRmediawatch
Breaking: Tim Cook announces new Public Viewing Platform at #Apple Campus.
Staff will be able to peer over their walled garden and see non believers scrabbling to survive.
That Plant in the White House is really paying dividends.
Also a question: will Unicorn Tears and Rainbows escape tariffs?
The Trump administration has exempted a raft of consumer electronics from its punishing import tariffs — offering relief to U.S. tech firms and partially dialing down a trade war with China. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/04/13/economy/trump-tariff-exemptions-smartphones-tech/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #us #donaldtrump #tariffs #trade #tradewar #china #smartphones #tech #apple #iphones
Anyway, if someone has a good idea of how to get the location in the macOS command line I would love to know!
One thing that would be nice to add is to automatically get the current city/state. I'm in Rochester enough that simply leaving "Rochester, NY" hardcoded and hand-editing the few times I need to is plenty easy, but it's always fun to automate more things.
I tried this (https://github.com/fulldecent/corelocationcli) but I and others have found that in recent macOS versions, it asks you to allow it access to location services, but never shows up in the menu to allow that.
I also saw this option (https://benward.uk/blog/macos-location-cli) using macOS shortcuts, and I tried his shortcut, but I get the error `zsh: killed shortcuts run getCoreLocationData`.
MacKay!
Gosh! All the tech imported from China has been exempted from the tariffs. Squeaky wheels talking to Captain Clueless?
U.S. President Donald Trump wants Apple to begin building iPhones in the U.S. — but there are various reasons why that's unlikely to happen. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/04/12/tech/trump-iphones-made-in-us/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #donaldtrump #us #iphones #cellphones #trade #tariffs #apple #tradewar #china
Looks like the part of the economy that runs on bribes still works.
Trump Exempts Phones, Computers, Chips From ‘Reciprocal’ Tariffs
#Apple #Politics #tariffs
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-12/trump-exempts-phones-computers-chips-from-reciprocal-tariffs
- and since I'm already on an iPhone-related rant trip: When you finally find out how to switch the fucking thing off & on again, I'll be a monkeys uncle if it doesn't come back on with every app still open.
Call me crazy but that doesn't sound much like a restart to my ears...
This is probably as good a time as any for a reminder that IOS doesn't have a "shut down all apps" function 
https://helvede.net/@jwcph/114325035395009942 #apple #iphone #ux
Oh, also: I can't plug it into my Mac & forgo "pairing" (or whatever the fuck they call it) to just let it charge while keeping it at hand & not having to bring the wallwart charger to the table, because then both laptop & phone go into a fugue state where they just keep spawning dialog boxes until the heat death of the universe, no matter how many time you click "Cancel" on them...
https://helvede.net/@jwcph/114324986265676147 #apple #iphone #Mac #ux #enshittification
This is getting fucking ridiculous... I just had to do a fucking search for "How to switch off iPhone 14" AND I'M STILL NOT SURE HOW TO TURN THE FUCKING THING OFF!! 
I guess "using the same button you used to turn the fucking thing on" is too complicated for the Cupertino Brain Trust.
"User friendly" my aching ass 
Privacy reminder! Have you disabled AirDrop yet?
One of the most innocuous features enabled on millions of iPhones is also one of the most dangerous for those seeking to protect their privacy in public. Apple's AirDrop protocol uses trivially bypassed security measures that authorities like the Chinese government have openly bragged about cracking to identify users since at least 2022.
You should assume that any device with AirDrop enabled is constantly broadcasting your name, email address, and phone number to everyone around you, even if you have it set to "Contacts Only." Apple has known about this flaw since 2019 and has not issued any fix.
Apple's Siri upgrades will reportedly be ready by this fall. Read more at @theverge. #Apple #AppleIntelligence #AI #Siri #Tech #Technology https://flip.it/Td_01B
Analysts who follow Apple say the idea of an American-made iPhone is impossible at worst and highly expensive at best. Here are their guesses as to how much it would cost consumers. Read more at CNBC. #Apple #iPhone #Tariff #Tech #Technology
Another Smart(TM) decision by #Apple: What used to be Siri language settings have become Siri language setting, because you can no longer set it per device. Now I have to choose between having working music playback with voice recognition OR functional navigation in CarPlay. Apple really needs to start talking to non-English-speaking, non-US users now and then before deciding what is best for All Users(TM).
Altes WiFi iPad sicher nutzen.
Hallo Zusammen, wir haben hier ein altes iPad Pro (12,9 Zoll von 2017) mit OS 16.7.11, das von Apple keine Sicherheitsupdates mehr bekommt.
Das iPad funktioniert noch einwandfrei, darum würden wir es gerne weiter nutzen.
Habt ihr Ratschläge, wie sowas möglich ist?
A new report reveals much of the internal turmoil behind Apple Intelligence's revamped version of Siri. Read more at @macrumors. #AI #Apple #AppleIntelligence #Siri #Tech #Technology https://flip.it/zA1bpz
