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PicoChat app for iOS, iPadOS adds retro Nintendo PictoChat features to iMessage

If you missed Nintendo’s PictoChat feature from its DS handheld devices, you’re going to like this. The PicoChat application, developed by Idrees Hassan, adds PictoChat-esque features to Apple’s iMessage. While iMessage already includes built-in drawing via Digital Touch, but PicoChat recreates the distinct aesthetic and interaction style of PictoChat. PictoChat itself was a built-in messaging […]

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Apple to discontinue iCloud backup support for devices running iOS 8 or earlier in December

You’re going to have to upgrade your devices or find a workaround eventually. Beginning in December, Apple will require users performing a backup over iCloud to be running iOS 9 or later. Per an email to its customers, Apple stated that new backups for iPhones and iPads running iOS 8 or earlier will no longer […]

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ChatGPT Mac App saved plain text chats to local files, updated version resolves the issue

If you downloaded and began playing around with the ChatGPT app for Mac recently, you might want to download the update. According to The Verge, developer Pedro José Pereira Vieito noted that the app was locally storing users’ conversations with the chatbot in unencrypted plain text. “I was curious about why OpenAI opted out of […]

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iOS 18, macOS Sequoia betas point towards iCloud Drive’s “Keep Downloaded” feature for large file downloads

While iCloud Drive is a handy way to manage files and store data, it looks like Apple’s upcomig iOS 18 and macOS Sequoia operating systems will allow you to keep large downloads directly on your device. Per MacRumors and Macworld, Apple is adding a “Keep Downloaded” option that prevents the file from being moved to […]

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macOS 15 beta 2 notes point towards less drive space being needed for app installations

This should come in handy, or at least alleviate a minor headache when installing the macOS or applications. Apple on Tuesday announced that beginning with macOS Sequoia, app downloads and installations from the Mac App Store will no longer require double the amount of local storage space available. Instead, the free space requirement now matches […]