Adam C. Engst

@adamengst
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I publish @TidBITS and the TidBITS Content Network, serve as president of the Finger Lakes Runners Club, and direct and time numerous races in the Ithaca area.
TidBITShttps://tidbits.com
TCNhttps://tcn.tidbits.com/apple-pros
FLRChttps://fingerlakesrunners.org
Adam C. Engst4d ago

RE: https://mastodon.social/@TidBITS/116800526836931889

What icon style do you use on your Mac and iPhone? So far, the Default style is vastly more popular than anything else. Let's see if that changes with a wider audience responding.

Show threadAdam C. Engst4d ago
@macfixer @TidBITS Interesting—I’d never considered trying it there.
Adam C. Engst5d ago

@mwichary Thought you might be interested in a tweaky UI inconsistency when dragging app icons somewhere in iOS that you shouldn't (but think you might be able to).

https://tidbits.com/2026/06/17/ios-26s-confusing-hidden-folder-drag-behavior/

iOS 26’s Confusing Hidden Folder Drag Behavior - TidBITS

A TidBITS reader thought he had found a bug in iOS 26 that made apps inaccessible. After investigation, the real culprit turned out to be misleading visual feedback when dragging apps to the App Library’s Hidden folder.

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Adam C. EngstJun 20

RE: https://zeppelin.flights/@glennf/116780172460729703

I miss the days when April 1 was the only day when people intentionally published things that weren’t actually true

Show threadAdam C. EngstJun 8
@zkarj @TidBITS It's so awkward when the world is fuzzy! :-)
Show threadAdam C. EngstJun 8
@zkarj @TidBITS Sounds like that was more the window than the lens. :-)
Adam C. EngstJun 6
Eric Schwarz Jun 5

There's a new episode of Magical & Revolutionary before we take a brief hiatus until July (WWDC and some travel.) I'm joined by @adamengst of @TidBITS fame (among the many other things!) and he was gracious to geek out with me about the early days of the Mac web and how TidBITS has changed and adapted over its run:

https://schwarztech.net/podcast/3-adam-engst

» 3: ‘A Web Site from Before the Web’ with Adam Engst

The third episode of Magical & Revolutionary is now available. I'm joined by Adam Engst, known for TidBITS, Take Control...

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Show threadAdam C. EngstJun 2
@europlus @TidBITS @macdude22 Hah! Maybe we should offer to do it for Microsoft since it's clearly too hard for them. "Dear Satya, thought you might find the enclosed certificate for Office 2019 useful. Best..."
Show threadAdam C. EngstJun 2
@europlus @TidBITS @macdude22 Yeah, this seems entirely unncessary. I mean, maybe it's somehow more complicated if you know the inside story at Microsoft, but no one's saying that.
Show threadAdam C. EngstMay 4
@lapcatsoftware What happens if you change "omw" to expand to "Hold my beer."? 🙂