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Turn Off and Restrict Access to Apple Intelligence Features on Mac: initialcharge.net

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Plex Redesign Launches on Apple TV: initialcharge.net

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I Don’t Like Passkeys: initialcharge.net

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Nintendo’s Customer Appreciation Sale: initialcharge.net

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Seven: initialcharge.net

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umbrelOS 2.0: initialcharge.net

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Windows XP Telephone Activation Tool: initialcharge.net

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Riccardo Mori on the Perfect Laptop: initialcharge.net

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Firefox for iOS Gets Built-in Ad Blocker: initialcharge.net

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Teachers Teaching Together: initialcharge.net

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Thinking of a Perfect Laptop: initialcharge.net

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How to Access a Mac’s Webcam Through HomeKit: initialcharge.net

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Beeper Labels: initialcharge.net

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From Dropbox to Nextcloud: initialcharge.net

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A Collection of macOS App Installation Disk Image Screenshots: initialcharge.net

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Airport-Utility, a Re-Creation of Apple’s AirPort Utility for macOS 27 and Newer: initialcharge.net

","summary":"","url":"https://initialcharge.net/2026/08/open-source-airport-utility/","date_published":"2026-08-07T13:41:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Initial Charge","url":"https://initialcharge.net/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Finitialcharge%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"initialcharge"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-07 13:41","date_timestamp":1786110060,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"95178622","content_html":"

Phoneblogging: initialcharge.net

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Relax With Coax: initialcharge.net

","summary":"From the overview: Coax turns your home media server into a linear cable channel guide. It scans your library, then automatically generates a schedule full of channels that you can flip through at your leisure. Point the app at your Plex, Jellyfin, or Emby server and it generates a channel guide bas...","url":"https://initialcharge.net/2026/08/coax-application/","date_published":"2026-08-01T13:41:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Initial Charge","url":"https://initialcharge.net/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Finitialcharge%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"initialcharge"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-01 13:41","date_timestamp":1785591660,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"94974706","content_html":"

Pocket Casts for tvOS: initialcharge.net

","summary":"The Pocket Casts design and development team has been working on an Apple TV version for months. They’ve done an excellent job with this release. The app is slick and I’m so happy that the team is finally ready to share it. I wrote the public facing documentation for this release. If you notice anyt...","url":"https://initialcharge.net/2026/07/pocket-casts-apple-tv/","date_published":"2026-07-31T13:41:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Initial Charge","url":"https://initialcharge.net/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Finitialcharge%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"initialcharge"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-31 13:41","date_timestamp":1785505260,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"94686834","content_html":"

Brave 1.92 Adds Built-in Containers for Desktop: initialcharge.net

","summary":"Rick Findlay, writing for Reclaim the Net: Brave shipped Containers this week. Version 1.92 of the browser lets you wall off tabs from one another so that cookies and site data stay locked inside whichever container you opened them in, even when two tabs point at the same website. You can now hold s...","url":"https://initialcharge.net/2026/07/brave-browser-containers/","date_published":"2026-07-25T13:41:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Initial Charge","url":"https://initialcharge.net/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Finitialcharge%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"initialcharge"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-25 13:41","date_timestamp":1784986860,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"94523817","content_html":"

PaperWM, a Tiled Scrollable Window Management for Gnome: initialcharge.net

","summary":"From the readme: PaperWM is a GNOME Shell extension which provides scrollable tiling of windows and per monitor workspaces. It’s inspired by paper notebooks and tiling window managers. I haven’t spent much time with window managers, but I often read or hear about how great they are. I’m going to giv...","url":"https://initialcharge.net/2026/07/paperwm-gnome-extension/","date_published":"2026-07-22T13:41:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Initial Charge","url":"https://initialcharge.net/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Finitialcharge%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"initialcharge"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-22 13:41","date_timestamp":1784727660,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"94329223","content_html":"

Remote Access Is Now Built Into Screens for Mac: initialcharge.net

","summary":"From Edovia’s weblog: Starting with Screens 5.8.8, remote access is built directly into Screens on Macs running macOS 14 or later. This means you can now make your Mac reachable from anywhere without installing Screens Connect separately. Everything is configured directly from within Screens, making...","url":"https://initialcharge.net/2026/07/connect-built-into-screens/","date_published":"2026-07-19T13:41:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Initial Charge","url":"https://initialcharge.net/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Finitialcharge%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"initialcharge"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-19 13:41","date_timestamp":1784468460,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"94277368","content_html":"

Apple Music No Longer Makes Sense: initialcharge.net

","summary":"LJPUK: Apple today increased their service pricing across the board and it was enough for me to realise Apple Music no longer makes sense when I’m already paying for YouTube Premium. Apple Music goes up to £11.99, YouTube Premium is £12.99 and on top of a good music service you get no ads on YouTube...","url":"https://initialcharge.net/2026/07/apple-music-makes-no-sense/","date_published":"2026-07-18T16:41:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Initial Charge","url":"https://initialcharge.net/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Finitialcharge%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"initialcharge"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-18 16:41","date_timestamp":1784392860,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"94170459","content_html":"

Switching to US Mobile: initialcharge.net

","summary":"I’ve been using AT&T as my cellular service provider for over twenty years — back when it was Cingular. At that time I was still on my mom’s plan, but have since moved to a family plan with my — at the time girlfriend and now — wife, Becky. The service with AT&T was always […]","url":"https://initialcharge.net/2026/07/att-to-us-mobile/","date_published":"2026-07-17T13:41:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Initial Charge","url":"https://initialcharge.net/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Finitialcharge%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"initialcharge"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-17 13:41","date_timestamp":1784295660,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"93828121","content_html":"

Escape From Squircle Jail: initialcharge.net

","summary":"I’d like to see more developers offer app icons that aren’t constrained by Apple’s squircle shape. It makes the dock look worse more difficult to skim. ➝ Source: tyler.io","url":"https://initialcharge.net/2026/07/escape-squircle-jail/","date_published":"2026-07-10T13:41:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Initial Charge","url":"https://initialcharge.net/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Finitialcharge%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"initialcharge"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-10 13:41","date_timestamp":1783690860,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}}]}