Tag: Backup

Weekend is coming with several great reads this time. Let's dive in!

• Point-Free Pointers finish their SwiftUI cycle – Modern SwiftUI: Parent-child communication, Modern SwiftUI: Identified arrays, Modern SwiftUI: State-driven navigation, Modern SwiftUI: Dependencies, Modern SwiftUI: Testing;
  
  
• Jaanus Kase covers aspects of iCloud encryption in CloudKit – What Advanced Data Protection for iCloud means for Tact and other apps that use CloudKit;
  
  
• David Smith is continuing his design series – DND 18: Creating Custom SF Symbols and DND 19: Designing for Smaller Dynamic Type Sizes;
  
  
• SwiftUI View's internals covered by Chris Eidhof – Variadic Views;
  
  
• Natalia Panferova covers ShareLink customizations in SwiftUI – Customize ShareLink appearance with view modifiers;
  
  
• Krzysztof Zabłocki continues his article on widget architecture – Widget Architecture - Part 2;
  
  
• A Less Evil NotificationCenter? by Jordan Morgan proposes an approach on better usage of NotificationCenter in SwiftUI;
  
  
• Natascha Fadeeva provides good guide on keychain – Developer guide on keychain for iOS;
  
  
• How To Speed Up Swift By Ordering Conformances by Noah Martin explains how Swift protocol conformances impact app launch time;
  
  
• Majid Jabrayilov continues his series on charts – Mastering charts in SwiftUI. Custom Marks.;
  
  
• Swift Package String Localization by Keith Harrison guides through details of providing localized resources in Swift packages;
  
  
• Leonardo Maia Pugliese explains how to deal with nested ObservableObject's in SwiftUI – The Nested Observables Problem in SwiftUI;
  
  
• Iterating over web socket messages with async / await in Swift by Donny Wals guides through structured concurrency usage with sockets;
  
  
• Two great articles by Marco Eidinger: minimizing device backup size – Prevent your app's files from being included in iCloud Backup and money-saving advice for GitHub Actions – Save money when using GitHub Actions for iOS CI/CD;
  
  
• New Scanning and Text Capabilities with VisionKit by Warren Burton covers on-device image recognition tools in VisionKit framework;
  
  
• Antoine van der Lee advices on how to simplify testing of push notifications – Testing push notifications on the iOS simulator;
  
  
• And finishing with two articles by Douglas Hill – NSPredicate: an old API with new surprises and Using JavaScript in a Swift app.

This is a lot for a weekend, so choose wisely. :)

Following the announcement of new security features, Apple publishes RC for its platforms supporting the Advanced Data Protection for iCloud.

Notably, new Xcode RC is also published.

Other notable feature in this RC is recently announced Apple Music Sing – karaoke-like mode where users could sign along with Apple Music songs.

AirDrop will now limit access setting "Everyone" to 10 minutes for all users, and not just China as it was in previous beta.

Beta download: Operating Systems

Release notes:

• iOS & iPadOS 16.2 Release Notes
• macOS Ventura 13.1 Release Notes
• watchOS 9.2 Release Notes
• tvOS 16.2 Release Notes
• Xcode 14.2 RC Release Notes

Apple Newsroom: Apple introduces Apple Music Sing

References:

• Apple Music Adding a Karaoke Experience With Apple Music Sing
• Apple Seeds Release Candidate Versions of iOS 16.2 and iPadOS 16.2
• Apple Music Sing Now Available in iOS 16.2 Release Candidate
• Apple Expanding 10-Minute 'Everyone' AirDrop Limit to All Users With iOS 16.2

Apple announces new security features coming this and next year. These include iMessage public key notifications, Apple ID hardware security keys and end-to-end encryption for more iCloud data.

iMessage Contact Key Verification

iMessage will now notify when your contact's public key is changed (which could be a result of unwanted new device being added to the account). With this feature it will be easier to catch the moment when somebody is eavesdropping on the conversation.

This feature to become generally available in 2023 worldwide.

Security Keys for Apple ID

Apple will provide support for hardware security keys for Apple ID authentication. This might provide extra security measure for those who need better protection for their data.

This feature will be available in early 2023 worldwide.

Advanced Data Protection for iCloud

Apple adds end-to-end encryption to more iCloud data types, including Notes and iCloud Backups. Major data types not yet covered by end-to-end encryption are Mail, Contacts and Calendars.

Notable, data protection for iCloud is opt-on feature, so users have to enable it themselves.

This feature is available in the US today in beta, and should be available for general users in US later in 2022. Worldwide rollout is expected in early 2023. 

Apple Newsroom: Apple advances user security with powerful new data protections

iOS 16 and other platforms are to be released this fall, so beta versions will keep popping up from time to time.

Couple of notable changes include:

• iOS iCloud backups are now possible through LTE and 5G;
• iOS 16 Beta 2 provides SMS filtering in messages to more users;
• iOS Beta 2 resends edited messages to users with previous iOS releases.

Beta download: Operating Systems

Release notes:

• iOS & iPadOS 16 Beta 2 Release Notes
• macOS 13 Ventura Beta 2 Release Notes
• watchOS 9 Beta 2 Release Notes
• tvOS 16 Beta 2 Release Notes
• Xcode 14 Beta 2 Release Notes

References:

• iOS 16 beta 2 adds iCloud backup support over LTE and 5G
• iOS 16 Beta 2 Adds Support for Backing Up Over LTE
• iOS 16 beta 2 improves SMS filtering on Messages to iPhone users
• iOS 16 beta 2: Here’s everything new on iPhone and iPad
• iOS 16 Beta 2 Tidbits: New Wallpaper Colors, Backup Over LTE, SMS Filtering and More
• iOS 16 beta 2 now resends edited messages to users running previous versions of iOS

Change to Backups by Google will allow you to more granularly select items on your phone to back up, including MMS as well as SMS texts. Currently, items like MMS, photos, videos, and wallpapers would be synced by a different app, depending on which phone you are using.