@gruber a Switch 2 tidbit I didn’t see on The Verge: Nintendo is releasing a Japanese region locked version for ~$340 USD. That’ll be the one in stores here in Japan. A region-free version will be available online only for roughly US MSRP.

It’s an interesting way to serve the domestic market in the face of purchasing power, FX, and tariff challenges while disincentivizing international scalpers.
Details (relevant bits also in English, Chinese, Korean):
https://www.nintendo.com/jp/hardware/switch2/lineup/japan-only/index.html

@siracusa as someone who rarely restarts their Mac, have you encountered any date/time synchronization issues lately?

On my Mac, Astro (ASO app) couldn’t complete network requests and suggested the date on my Mac was wrong. On my iPhone, I couldn’t make Pokemon Pocket purchases (maybe for the best😂). In both cases, toggling “set automatically” in date settings fixed the issue.

Why do online services care about the date and time on my device? Maybe an #askatp candidate 😄

Watching WWDC23 in June: improved line breaks for Japanese text. Awesome!

Coding in September: why are my English language line breaks all weird in iOS 17? But… only when my app is running in Japanese?

💡It's applying improved Japanese line breaks to my English text.💡

NSAttributedString.Key.languageIdentifier to the rescue!

@marcoarment have you ever experienced device audio issues fixed by resetting “all settings”?

I had an AVQueuePlayer that was stuttering when starting new items. Only affected my carry device, none of my test devices. I tried restoring iOS to no avail. I had to reset all settings because I forgot my encrypted backup password (iCloud backup to the rescue), and after that, it was fixed!

I know you’ve done a ton of work with audio frameworks. Any experience with this kind of bug?